Staff Writer

  Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has once again had its long-term issuer credit rating of A3 affirmed by Moody’s Ratings, a rating first assigned in 2014 and consistently maintained for over a decade.  Moody’s affirmed this rating with a stable outlook and affirmed AFC’s short-term issuer rating at P-2, underscoring the Corporation’s status as one of the highest-rated investment-grade institutions in Africa. “Despite […]

  H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, held a virtual meeting with H.E. Dr. Amer Al-Bassat, Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade, in the presence of Judge Mahmoud Makkiyah, Secretary-General of the Lebanese Council of Ministers. The meeting came within the framework of the ministry’s role in organizing the 10th session of the Egyptian-Lebanese Joint Higher Committee. Discussions focused on efforts to enhance bilateral […]

  The West African Development Bank (BOAD) (www.BOAD.org) has taken a major step in strengthening its financing capacity by increasing the size of its sovereign, portfolio credit-insurance policy signed in June 2023. The policy—subscribed with a pool of leading private insurers—now amounts to XOF297.6 billion (approximately EUR 454 million). This transaction is part of strategic plan Djoliba, which aims to optimize risk management and expand financing for WAEMU member countries.  […]

  The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of JPY 400 million (approximately US$2.7 million) from the Government of Japan. This vital funding will enable WFP to provide school meals in Sudan, which help to increase school attendance and boost learning outcomes. “This generous contribution from the Government of Japan comes at a critical time when school are reopening in Sudan,” said Laurent Bukera, WFP Sudan Country […]

  Imagine a marketing manager who left a company six months ago, taking their personal laptop with them. On it, unbeknownst to anyone, was a cached login to a shared cloud drive containing sensitive client proposals and campaign strategies – access that was simply overlooked during offboarding. Months later, the ex-employee accidentally drags a folder from that shared drive onto a public-facing personal cloud storage, thinking it was their own. […]

  Liberia has reaffirmed its leadership in advancing gender equality in diplomacy and governance with the validation of its Gender-Responsive/Feminist Foreign Policy (GRFP/FFP) Roadmap and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gender Assessment during a high-level workshop held on Friday, October 3, 2025 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Monrovia. Serving as keynote speaker, Cllr. Deweh E. Gray, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, emphasized that Liberia stands as the first […]

  The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), has launched the 2025 National Budget Outreach and FY2026 Pre-Budget Consultation in Sanniquellie, Nimba County, as part of its Open Budget Initiative (OBI). The initiative, which kicked off on Saturday, aims to strengthen fiscal transparency and public participation in the national budget process. It provides citizens with updates on the implementation of the FY2025 National Budget […]

  Government of Ghana has signed a ¥3 billion (Japanese Yen) grant agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to overhaul the Inner Ring Road in Kumasi. The agreement, signed today by Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, promises to drastically ease traffic congestion and improve mobility in Ghana’s second-largest city. The Inner Ring Road is a critical artery linking the N6 and N8 within Kumasi and forming part […]

  On Thursday, October 2, 2025, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deployed a Long-Term Election Observation Mission (LTOM) to Abidjan in the context of the presidential election scheduled for October 25, 2025, in Côte d’Ivoire. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu TOURAY, approved the deployment of the LTOM in accordance with the provisions of ECOWAS instruments. This legal framework includes the 1993 Revised […]