Nigeria: Buhari presents $28.8 bln 2019 budget to parliament
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presented a $28.80 billion budget for 2019 to parliament. Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer and most populous nation, has […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
World Bank Injects $50 Million to Improve Southern Africa Agriculture Productivity
Efforts to improve agriculture productivity in Southern Africa got a boost following the World Bank Board approval this week of a $50 million project to […]
African leaders urged to recommit to boosting continent’s agriculture sector
An official of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the Economic Commission for Africa has urged African leaders to honor their commitment to allocate […]
Preparing Africa for ravages of climate change ‘cannot be an afterthought’ – COP24
Africa is at a “tipping point” as global warming increases, and urgent action needs to be taken across the continent now, to mitigate risks and […]
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa secures re-election bid for 2023
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa the go ahead to run for a second five-year term in 2023. ZANU-PF held the first […]
Angola joins forum of gas exporting countries
Angola has been admitted as an observer member of the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries (GECF), during the group’s 20th ministerial meeting held in Port […]
New EU support for the Horn of Africa worth €134 million
The European Commission has adopted eleven new programs for the Horn of Africa under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. Commissioner for International Cooperation […]
Rising insecurity in Central African Republic threatens wider region, Security Council told
Rising violence in the Central African Republic threatens to spill across the border into neighboring countries, creating further instability, a senior United Nations official warned […]
Tanzania to ink $3 bln power plant deal
Tanzanian President, John Magufuli, announced that his government will sign a deal this week for the construction of a $3 billion hydroelectric power plant. The […]
South Africa deposits instrument ratifying Tripartite Free Trade Area
South Africa has deposited the instrument of ratification of the Agreement establishing the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), comprising three regional economic blocks – the […]