Goddy Ikeh
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved initial funding of $99.16 million to develop regional rice cultivation value chains as part of the Regional West Africa Rice Development project.
Morocco’s economic capital, Casablanca, hosted the 5th edition of the Africa Place Marketing Forum on Wednesday and the meeting focused on the role of major events as catalysts for inclusive and sustainable territorial attractiveness in Africa.
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent of the leading pan-African Ecobank Group, today opened the market at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to celebrate the successful issuance of its US$400 million Senior Unsecured Eurobond on the London Stock Exchange main market.
Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola has deposited three Instruments of Accession to the IMO Conventions that were signed by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu.
The Organised Private Sector in Nigeria has expressed their displeasure that the Nigerian business environment has been marred by a worrying trend in recent years, as both multinationals and local enterprises have been forced to either shut down or relocate their operations.
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $72.56 a barrel on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, compared with $71.2 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
Stakeholders and government representatives attending the consultations for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Tuesday called for an overhaul of the global financial architecture, stressing the need to reform it into one that fairly represents and responds to the needs of Africa.
A Senegalese and a Gambian have been arrested as part of an anti-drug trafficking operation at the Banjul International Airport, the Drug Enforcement Directorate (DLEAG) has said.
The former Undersecretary General of the United Nations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has raised an alarm on the gradual return of the world to a new Cold War in which the big powers are directly joined and the Middle Powers are implicated either directly or by proxy.
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has started exporting refined petroleum products to some West African countries.