Goddy Ikeh
The UK’s development finance institution, British International Investment (BII) has sealed $25 million risk-sharing agreement with Ecobank Sierra Leone to bolster private sector growth in the country.
Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, has commenced discussions with the Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria, Carlos Garcete, to activate the Bilateral Air Service Agreement between both countries and initiate direct flights between the two countries..
Ghana’s Finance Minister, Dr Moham¬med Amin Adam, says that Ghana has successfully completed the restructur¬ing of the $13 billion owed to Eurobond holders with more than 98 per cent investors participation in the country’s consent solicitation, reducing the country’s total debt by $5 billion.
A delegation of Tunisian investors operating in the real estate sector met on Saturday, October 5, 2024, with the National Chamber of Developers and Approved Builders of Côte d’Ivoire (CNPC-CI).
Samantha Harrison, a former UK government adviser, has been appointed chief operating officer (COO) of Xlinks Limited, a renewable energy company working on a groundbreaking project to link the UK and Morocco via an electricity transmission system.
The sun rises early over Djeffa, a locality in southeastern Benin’s Sèmè-Podji district where Justine Gantekpin is already tending to her flourishing vegetable farm. Thanks to the African Development Fund Project for Support of Agricultural Infrastructure in the Ouémé Valley), Gantekpin has expanded her farm from a small plot to two hectares of thriving vegetables.
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $77.66 a barrel on Friday, October 4, 2024, compared with $74,90 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
Azima Magonde Giston is walking through his cacao plantation, which sits on the fringes of a lush rainforest in the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He scans the trees for ripe cacao pods and, spotting one, uses a long bamboo pole with an axe-like tip to knock it down, leaving the surrounding foliage untouched.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened its 8th Heads of Immigration Meeting in The Gambia to accelerate the implementation of the ECOWAS National Biometric Identity Card (ENBIC) and to discuss the recent repeal of the 90-day stay limit for Community Citizens within member states.
Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that more than 500 Nigerian citizens have registered with the Nigerian mission in Lebanon for evacuation back to the country.