AfDB: Eight candidates to succeed Donald Kaberuka.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced on the 9th February that the steering committee of its Board of Governors has approved the final list […]
Finance
Togo: Coris Bank International opens subsidiary
After Burkina Faso in 2008, Côte d’Ivoire in 2013, Mali in 2014, the Coris Bank International (CBI) has just opened its fourth branch in Lomé, […]
DRC: foreign investors to exploit the mining sector
Foreign investors are willing to exploit the mining sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The information was given by the Congolese Minister of […]
East Africa: CFAO has announced a new joint venture with Porsche Holding Salzburg
The French group CFAO has announced in a statement released on the 19th February, the creation of a joint venture to East Africa. This new […]
Senegal: Macky Sall promises to build a highway to connect Dakar and Ziguinchor
The Senegalese Head of State Macky has promised on the 19th February, to build a railway from Dakar to Ziguinchor, the capital of the Casamance […]
Cameroon: rising prices of alcoholic beverages
The Cameroonian Ministers of Trade and Finance have increased the amounts of alcoholic beverages according to the reform of the specific excise duties contained in […]
Ivory Coast gets B rating from Fitch in anticipation to the next Eurobond
The credit rating agency Fitch has assigned on February 18th the sovereign rating of B to Ivory Coast, for its Eurobond launched earlier this month. This […]
EBOLA: IMF disburses a loan of $ 63.6 million to Guinea
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced the immediate disbursement of $ 63.6 million in favor of Guinea to support the fighting against the Ebola […]
Morocco: Attijariwafa Bank makes a profit of 5.2% in 2014
The Moroccan banking group Attijariwafa Bank has announced on February 19th , 2015 that it have achieved a net profit attributable to shareholders of 4.4 […]
West Africa: AfDB grant $ 50 million for road construction
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced this week that his board of Directors has granted to Guinea loans totaling $ 50 million to fund […]