| Year 4 | Edition 18 | 22 December 2017 |
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Capital raised in domestic listings by African issuers increased for the second year in a row, according to research in the latest Global Cross-Border Index from Baker McKenzie. While there were fewer domestic listings in Africa in 2017...
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In a world where innovation is driving rapid and profound technological change, one of the biggest challenges we face is to ensure that technology is an equalising force in the world...
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As Nigeria exits the recession of 2017, investor sentiment across West Africa is likely to experience uplift in 2018. Still, political uncertainty ahead of Nigeria’s 2019 presidential elections and on-going...
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The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, signed on November 29, 2017 with the Government of The Gambia a syndicated Murabaha financing Agreement in an amount of US $ 17.5Million...
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eTree Courses is a one-stop shop e-learning platform offering quality educational and professional courses. eTree Courses was established having recognized the need to contribute to closing the knowledge and digital skills gap in Africa...
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East Africa is forecast to show very strong real GDP growth of 5.9% over the full year 2017. The biggest contributor to this expansion was Ethiopia (accounting for a full 2% of regional GDP growth), with its stellar performance of 7.1%...
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Hydropower dams planned for eastern and southern Africa could put electricity supply at risk for vast regions because they rely on the same rainfall patterns for electricity generation...
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A total volume of 213,693,964 transactions valued at N19.33 trillion was recorded in the third quarter (Q3) of 2017 as data on Electronic Payment Channels in the Nigeria Banking Sector revealed...
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Kenya is emerging from a protracted presidential election process and seeing a return to political stability. Nonetheless, challenges will persist in 2018 for organisations operating in the country and East Africa more widely...
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The African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (AGF) which assists financial institutions in Africa to scale up their SME financing through the provision of partial loan guarantees and capacity development...
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At a breakfast meeting held in Accra on Friday, December 15th, 2017, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, announced that "we are today examining the possibilities of arranging for a total of US$300...
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Ethiopia’s Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Eyasu Abreha, has met Brazil’s Vice-Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Eumar Roberto Novack, to discuss cooperation in the areas of productivity...
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Phase one of the mixed use Blue Amber resort in Zanzibar was launched on November 30 2017. The aim of Pennyroyal, the long term investor, developer and manager of the luxury tropical development...
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The Chairman and General Director of Sonatrach Abdelmoumen Ould Kaddour and the Chief Executive Officer of Eni Claudio Descalzi have signed in Aa Memorandum of Understanding for the development of a partnership...
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About five dozen Zambian cotton farmers, ginners, oil crushers and government officials have drafted an action plan to boost the production of cotton by-products, such as briquettes and pellets for fuel made...
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Africa Business Communities is conducting a series of interviews with African CEO's and CEO's of companies doing business in Africa...
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Africa Business Communities is conducting a series of interviews with startup businesses in Africa...
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Africa Business Communities manages 180 LinkedIn Groups. These groups cover every country and every industry on the continent.
Please feel free to join any of these groups and be part of the African conversation...
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