Palestine: Hamas and Fatah resumed reconciliation talks
The two Palestinian mainstream organizations and political rivals, Fatah and Hamas, have resumed talks after relations between the two groups fell apart since 2007 when […]
Month: June 2015
Ethiopia to double its sugar plants by November 2015
Addis Ababa aims to become Africa’s biggest sugar producer and exporter with plans to double the number of its sugar estates to six by November […]
Laurent Fabius urges G7 nations to boost investment in renewable energy projects in Africa
The French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius requested the G7 nations to act against Climate Change and invest in clean energy sources in Africa. He also […]
Ecobank names Nigerian Ade Ayeyemi as new Group CEO
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African bank with operations in 36 countries across the continent, has announced the appointment […]
Zambia not to benefit from Africa’s TFTA
Three African trade blocks, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the Eastern African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) […]
Egypt Eastern Tobacco Company to set up $20 Mln manufacturing plant in Malawi
Egypt Eastern Tobacco Company has partnered with Auction Holdings Limited (AHL) Group to set up a $20 million cigarette manufacturing plant to be located in […]
Tunisia, Côte d’Ivoire sign 4 ICT agreements
Tunisia and Côte d’Ivoire have signed four agreements relating to the postal sector, digital knowledge transfer and Information and Communication Technology last week. The Tunisian […]
Cameroon: Nexttel lands 2 million subscribers in 8 months
The Viettel telecom company, Nexttel has recorded two million subscribers in first eight months of activities with its 3G license, Cameroon’s third mobile provider said […]
Côte D’Ivoire: Standard to open a branch in Abidjan
The South African banking group Standard Bank has announced recently that it would convert its representative office in Côte d’Ivoire into a Branch to expand […]
Cameroon to set up six new cassava processing units
The government of Cameroon is going to modernize its agriculture sector trough the installation of new processing units. The localities of Edea and Dibombari, in […]