Côte d’Ivoire seeks partners to take over Versus Bank
The spokesman for the Government of Côte d’Ivoire has announced in a statement that the government plans to issue an international call for tenders as […]
Articles by Khalid Al Mouahidi
Mali: Tax collectors give gov’t 72-hour strike notice
The union of tax collectors of Mali has given the General Tax Directorate 72-hour strike notice after attempts to reach a first collective agreement failed. […]
Togo: Famers to get 600 tons of improved seeds free of cost
The next crop season looks promising for Togo’s farmers. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries has announced on June 24 that six hundred tons […]
Egypt created 136,000 job opportunities with EGP 76.5Bln in past 10 months
Egypt’s Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour announced on Wednesday that EGP 76.5 billion has been pumped into the industrial sector […]
Atlas Mara Ltd. to Buy Finance Bank Zambia
Atlas Mara Ltd. is in talks to buy the troubled Finance Bank of Zambia Limited (FBZL) from its majority shareholder, Rajan Mahtani, according to a […]
Car Industry: Morocco’s “Low-Cost Business Model” Attracts More Investments
Building reliable, affordable and good quality cars for mass-market is certainly the ultimate goal of all big automakers. Competition is the driving force of this […]
Nigeria’s Central Bank approves initial N152bn release in real sector facility
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved an initial N152 billion loan under its newly set up N300 billion Real Sector Support Fund (RSSF) […]
Nigeria: Sanusi to head Blackstone Africa energy fund
Blackstone and Black Rhino, the giant private-equity firm, has revealed on Thursday, the appointment of Lamido Sanusi, Emir of Kano and Former Governor of the […]
Ghana needs $15 bln over 10 yrs to close infrastructure gap, Vice President
Ghana’s Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur said at a forum of financial sector operators and private entrepreneurs in Dakar that Ghana requires some 15 billion dollars […]
CIB banking group bought Citigroup’s retail banking business in Egypt
The Egyptian Commercial International Bank (CIB) announced in a statement the acquisition of the retail banking business of the American Citigroup in Egypt. The first […]