Zambia will export 800,000 tons of maize to its neighbors
The Zambian authorities have recently announced their intention to export 800,000 tons of white maize to neighboring countries. The move comes following a record harvest […]
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South Africa: the creation of the Coca-Cola Beverage Africa will remove 387 jobs at SABMiller
The project to create the Africa’s biggest Coca-Cola bottling company in Africa supported by Coca-Cola and SABMiller will not happen without collateral damage. The South […]
Libya : “Fragmented” Libya to reach a preliminary deal, UN envoy
Hopes are high that delegates of the two rival governments meeting in Morocco could reach a preliminary deal very soon as UN’s special envoy Bernardino […]
Nigeria and Ivory Coast negotiate the sukuk issuance with the Islamic Development Bank
Nigeria and Ivory Coast have begun negotiations with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), a subsidiary of the Islamic Development […]
Tunisia: $ 4 billion from the World Bank to support economic reforms
The executive director of the World Bank, Sri Mulyani Indrawati has announced on the 19th March that his institution will grant Tunisia a budget of […]
ECOWAS: BOAD recorded a profit of 8.4 billion FCFA in 2014
The Board of Directors of the West African Development Bank (BOAD) held this week its 96th ordinary session chaired by Mr. Christian Adovelande, Chairman of […]
Nigeria: Under-estimated Boko Haram to loose within a month
President Goodluck Jonathan has acknowledged that Boko Haram was “under-estimated” by his government when they started armed operations but also added that the military lacked […]
Zambia plans to install 4,000 solar powered hammer mills
The Zambian government, in partnership with China, plans to install over 4,000 solar powered hammer mills nationally in a bid to curb rising mealy meal […]
Heineken and CFAO associated to a brewery project in Côte d’Ivoire
Heineken may soon install a brewery in Ivory-Coast. The information was published by the website Ivorian Connection, which evokes sources “knowledgeable,” according to its information, […]
Sub-Saharan Africa: AFD has spent 36.5% of its funding in 2014
The French Development Agency (AFD in French) has spent 36.5% of its funding to sub-Saharan Africa in 2014, according to the institution’s annual report published […]