Africa – Page 48 – Medafrica Times

Ecobank names Nigerian Ade Ayeyemi as new Group CEO

June 10, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

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

June 10, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

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) […]

Côte D’Ivoire: Standard to open a branch in Abidjan

June 9, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

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 […]

China Development Bank lends $ 2 billion to Transnet group

June 8, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

The South African logistics group Transnet announced it had obtained a loan of 30 billion rand ($ 2 billion) from the China Development Bank to […]

Tanzania earmarks $ 2 billion for roads construction in Dar Es-Salaam

May 29, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

The Tanzania government is planning to invest 4.394 trillion shillings ($ 2 billion) to build new road infrastructure and launch a rapid transit bus to […]

Algeria: Avril to launch € 20 M animal nutritional unit

May 28, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The leading player in the French vegetable oil and protein industry, Avril group, will open next June a unit of animal nutrition in Algeria in […]

IFC and Ecobank to supports SMEs in Africa

May 27, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group and a leading pan-African full-service banking group, […]

Johann Rupert-backed Fund raises $ 345 Mln for Africa

May 27, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund, founded by two of South Africa’s richest men, has raised $345 million to invest in electricity generation, transport and logistics in […]

Senegal: Google opens Creativ Lab in Dakar for YouTube content creators

May 27, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

Innovation is playing an increasingly important role in Africa’s ICT sector. One key area is the creation of ICT products, labs and networks. In this […]