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Coffee giant Starbucks to open stores in Sub Saharan Africa in 2016

July 15, 2015 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

After it struck a deal with Taste Holdings on Tuesday, the coffee giant Starbucks says it will open stores in sub-Saharan Africa for the first […]

Ethiopia to double its sugar plants by November 2015

June 10, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

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 […]

Equity Bank to open office in DR Congo

May 27, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

Leading kenyan commercial bank, Equity Bank plans to expand to Congo. The Bank’s banking group has announced that it would soon open office in DR […]

China Wu Yi Co to build roads in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia for $ 73 million

May 27, 2015 Geraldine Boechat 0

The construction firm China Wuyi Co Ltd announced on Monday it had won $73.2 million worth of contracts for the construction of roads in Kenya […]

Ethiopia: $ 10Bln to lead a revolution in manufacturing

May 21, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

The Ethiopians officials have announced an annual investment of one billion dollars over the next decade in the development of specialized industrial parks. These areas, […]

South Sudan: Rebel group accuses China of destabilization with weapon supply

March 30, 2015 Steven Addamah 0

Peter Mabior Riiny, deputy head of the youth wing of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO), a rebel group, has claimed that China is supplying […]

Ethiopia: Africa’s fastest growing economy prepares first dollar bond

November 26, 2014 Steven Addamah 0

A source has revealed that Ethiopia is preparing to follow the footsteps of Ghana, Kenya Senegal and Ivory Coast by selling its first dollar bond. […]

Egypt forgoes Ethiopia’s dam, accepts diminished influential African role

July 28, 2014 Geraldine Boechat 0

Despite the ongoing differences between Egypt and Ethiopia over the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, a main tributary on the […]

Over $ 1 Billion to Improve Access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa

June 11, 2014 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The U.S. government announced last week it will invest more than $ 1 billion to improve energy access for underserved communities across sub-Saharan Africa. The […]