Senegal: African Petroleum gets three more years to explore oil
African Petroleum Corporation was awarded the first renewal of its license “Senegal Offshore South Deep” (SOSD) for a period of three years from 15th December, […]
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Rwanda: Belgium blocks €40 million aid for freedom and governance
Belgium has decided to suspend its €160million aid agreement that it signed with Rwanda because the latter has failed to attain the targets agreed upon. […]
Ghana: Société Generale’s customer has won a jackpot of US $ 38,850
The French Bank Société Generale which was based in Ghana, held its grand draw for the “Power of 250 Re-loaded” deposit and win promotion, to […]
KENYA: Lake Turkana Wind Power project (LTWP) named “Best Power Project of 2014”
Located in northern Kenya, LTWP, the largest wind power project in Africa has been finalized, after eight years of preparation. Earlier this month, the project […]
Zambia: Lake Tanganyika will be renovated with $ 22 million
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on the 18th December, 2014, a loan of 22.49 million US dollars for Zambia to finance the development […]
Ivory Coast: World Bank grant $ 70 million for the administration and the private sector
The World Bank has announced on December 15th , in a statement, the grant of $ 70 million to Côte d’Ivoire to support efforts made […]
BOAD plans to provide loans over 1100 billion CFA francs over the four next years.
The West African Development Bank announced on December 16th in a statement its plan of 1100 billion CFA loans over the period of 2015 […]
ECOWAS: Common External Tariff will come into effect next month
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Common External Tariff (CET) will come into effect on the 1st January 2015. The information was released […]
Ebola: UN calls for the cancellation of the debt of the affected countries
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa released on December 16th, a calling for the cancellation of the debt of countries affected by the Ebola […]
Sierra Leone: Britain declines U.S military support against Ebola
After reports that Ebola cases have not been falling down in Sierra Leone compared to neighboring Liberia, there were calls for more help to be […]