“African countries will not want to be lectured on governance and human rights.”
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Importers in East Africa will from July, operate under a common Customs bond, to guarantee uniform import duties and taxes across all partner states. Currently, the…
Nigeria will review the sale of power assets to private investors after they have been unable to improve power supply in Africa’s most populous country. The…
Ethiopia’s council of ministers have approved a supplementary budget of $877.87 million for 2019/2020 to finance economic reforms, as announced by the country’s Prime Minister, Abiy…
Countries in the East Africa region are discussing the adoption of stringent traceability mechanisms for the gold industry to stamp out rampant smuggling across East and…
Liberia is cleaning up its act to rebuild investor confidence and turn around its crisis-hit economy as the country looks to recover from a period of…
Nigeria’s central bank has introduced longer-term contracts on the naira in a move to attract more foreign inflows, shore up its dwindling dollar reserves and prevent…
Benin is considering to sell euro-denominated bonds this year as the country seeks to benefit from strong demand for the continent’s high-yielding foreign-currency debt. The $10-billion…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) yesterday released a $1 million grant to Uganda to help tackle an outbreak of the Ebola virus. According to AfDB, the…
The 33rd AU summit is being held under the theme of the year, “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development.”