AfDB okays $8 million loans to Kenyan SMEs
In Kenya, local financial institution, Credit Bank, has received about $8 million from the African development bank (AfDB) to support lending to small and medium-sized […]
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Burkina Faso: IMF approves $25 million credit facility
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last weekend completed the second review of Burkina Faso’s economic performance under a three-year program supported […]
Renault to start assembling, distributing two models in Nigeria
French automaker Renault announced Thursday it reached a deal with a Nigerian local partner for the production and distribution of its “Logan” and “Duster” models. […]
Morocco: Main suspects in beheading of two Scandinavian hikers handed death sentences
A court in Sale, near Rabat, Thursday sentenced to death three main suspects who pleaded guilty for the killing in December of two Scandinavian holidaymakers […]
KFED sets operational framework for Entrepreneurship Support Agreement with Togo
The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development, KFED, has announced an operational set of standards and guidelines to be followed under the recently signed Entrepreneurship Support […]
Cameroon: Football Federation sacks Dutch duo managing national team over AFCON debacle
The Cameroon’s football federation has sacked national team head coach Clarence Seedorf following the early exit out of the African Cup of Nations, AFCON, taking […]
More than 100,000 girls in Tanzania work in slave-like conditions
In Tanzania, more than 100,000 young girls have been tricked into a life of fear and, in effect, slavery. According to BBC, some of the […]
DRC-Ebola: hundreds of millions of dollars needed; Two workers killed
UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock on Monday said Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak could last much longer and cost far more in money and […]
Tony Elumelu, UNDP to support 100,000 entrepreneurs in 10 years
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the global development network of the United Nations, has partnered with the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) to train, mentor […]
Libya: Airstrike kills 44 in migrant detention center
At least 44 people were killed and more than 130 wounded in an air strike on a migrant detention center in the Libyan capital Tripoli, […]