Staff Writer

 By Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director, International Trade Centre, and Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman, Afreximbank (www.Afreximbank.com).  The share of bilateral exports between Africa and the Caribbean, despite extensive shared history, has never surpassed 6%, according to an ITC and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) study, leaving much room for growth of up to $2.1 billion within the next 5 years according to new studies. Key to this growth is adding value in […]

 Angola recorded the highest economic expansion since 2014, with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth reaching 4.4% in 2024. According to the latest edition of the Angola Economic Update (AEU) published by the World Bank Group (WBG) today, titled Boosting Growth with Inclusive Financial Development, this growth was driven by the oil sector’s recovery and diamond extraction, along with strong expansion in commerce and fishing. The report highlights that despite a […]

 Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) (www.CCBAGroup.com) has invested R365m in a new state-of-the-art bottling line capable of producing 72,000 bottles per hour at its plant in Midrand, South Africa. The high-speed production line marks a South African first, producing Bonaqua Pump Still 750ml and Powerade 500ml packs with an innovative sports bottle cap. Beyond this milestone, the line will also produce Bonaqua Still in 330ml and 500ml packs, further driving the company’s […]

 Angola’s upstream regulator the National Oil, Gas&Biofuels Agency (ANPG) has joined Africa’s largest energy event – African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies – as a Diamond Partner. The ANPG’s participation comes as Angola witnesses a $60 billion investment drive across its upstream oil and gas industry between 2025 and 2030, led by a series of ambitious exploration and production projects. As the country strives to sustain oil production […]

  Merck Foundation has made history by training the first local Embryologists and Reproductive&Fertility Experts in many countries such as The Gambia, Liberia,  Burundi, Guinea, Chad, Niger, Sierra Leone, Malawi, and Congo. Moreover, supported training for the staff of First Public IVF Centers in Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Niger, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Merck Foundation launched “More Than a Mother Animation Film” that raises awareness about breaking infertility stigma, infertility prevention and […]

 The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture welcomed the briefings it received yesterday from the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC), and the Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB) on their performance in the fourth quarter of the 2024/25 financial year and commended their notable performance. In welcoming the briefings from the three entities of the Department of Agriculture, the Chairperson of the Committee, Ms Dina Pule, said the […]

  In northern Nigeria, our teams are seeing an ever-increasing number of children in need of treatment for malnutrition. We have begun a preventive campaign in Mashi local government area, distributing nutrition supplements for 66,000 children. Urgent mobilisation is needed to save lives from this malnutrition crisis. Northern Nigeria is currently facing an alarming malnutrition crisis. In Katsina state, for instance, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been present since 2021, the teams are seeing […]

  Development Minister Baroness Chapman will reset the UK’s approach to international development at the G20 Development Meeting in South Africa today (Friday, 25 July). Economic development underpins the UK’s new approach, as the Minister visits a South African food producer supported by the FCDO’s development arm BII. The UK is supporting countries to transition from traditional aid to innovative financing for development, as the Minister visits a centre for […]

 While conflict persists across much of Sudan, pockets of relative safety have emerged, and to date over 1 million internally displaced Sudanese have made their way home. A further 320,000 people have crossed back into Sudan since last year, mainly from Egypt and South Sudan, some to assess the current situation in the country before deciding to return. People are mainly going back to Khartoum, Sennar and Al Jazirah States, where the […]