South African Venture Capital firm, HAVAÍC, has announced securing $15 million first close of its third African-focused VC fund, from a target of $50 million. The...
Pan-African multilateral financial institution, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), says it has committed $1.4 billion to support the establishment of an Ammonia and Urea Fertilizer (AMUFERT) plant...
Axian Energy and Fortis Green have announced the acquisition of stakes in Gigawatt Global Rwanda Ltd (Gigawatt Rwanda), a solar power plant located in the Agahozo-Snalom...
Ghana’s apex banking institution, the Bank of Ghana (BOG), has granted licence to Nigerian fintech, Flutterwave, for a Payment Service Provider (PSP) operations in the country....
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has launched Africa-wide Focus Reports designed to deepen policy dialogue on the macroeconomic performance and outlook of individual countries and...
TotalEnergies has announced the acquisition of a portfolio of hydropower projects in Africa. In a statement signed by Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, the...
Ten startups have been chosen by Google for its three-month virtual Africa Accelerator Program, which aims to help African startups use technology to address some of...
Global events, digital services and academic research platform, Informa PLC, has announced the opening of its new regional hub office at CFC Business Park in Cairo,...
The International Financial Corporation (IFC) has announced partnership plans with French development finance institution, Proparco, and Helios Sports and Entertainment Group to support and drive the...
South Africa’s mobility startup, LULA, has announced the acquisition of the operations of UK-based Zeelo in a move that will see it scale up significantly. LULA,...
Simon Ekpa, a Nigerian separatist leader based abroad, has been placed under detention by the Päijät Häme District Court...
The Nigerian Senate has raised the alarm over the influx of terrorists from Mali and Burkina Faso who operate in...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has been selected to host the sixth edition of the Ocean Innovation Africa (OIA) summit from...
Reigning Miss South Africa 2024, Mia le Roux, has opened up on the reasons behind her withdrawal from the Miss...
South African football legend, Lucas “Masterpieces” Moripe, has passed away at the age of 71 after a long battle with...
A fugitive Zambian Member of Parliament (MP), Emmanuel Banda, who escaped from custody at the Chipata Prison in Eastern Province...
After Italy’s top court denied her appeal, well-known Malian singer, Rokia Traore, who was detained in Rome in June due...
According to his wife on Wednesday, a well-known opposition leader from Uganda, Kizza Besigye was abducted during a book...
The head of debt management for the finance ministry told Reuters that Kenya had obtained a $200 million loan from...
Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, endorsed the call for a global alliance against hunger in his address at the opening of...