Nigeria’s Bank of Industry (BoI) has signed a $50 million loan portfolio guarantee agreement with the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) to provide funding for MSMEs and women-owned businesses in Nigeria.

The Special Adviser to the Nigerian President on Energy, Olu Verheijen, has said that the Nigerian energy sector attracted investments worth $6.7 billion in 2024. Verheijen said in a report titled ...

The Ministry of Information and Civic Education is currently holding a two-day staff retreat at the Country Lodge Hotel in Hill Station. The retreat aims to review the Ministry’s achievements from the ...

In an in-depth analysis, Cheikh Niang, a retired Senegalese ambassador, deciphers the geopolitical stakes for Africa as Donald Trump returns to the White House. Trump’s comeback does not just pose ...

Equatorial Guinea has adopted Tax Code, Law No. 1/2024, representing a major shift in the country’s tax framework, APA can report on Thursday. It is designed to modernise the system, encourage ...

Niger’s Minister of State for National Defense, General Salifou Mody, has outlined an ambitious military and diplomatic restructuring plan aimed at strengthening the country’s defense capabilities ...

Ethiopia’s nominal GDP, measured in US dollars, fell drastically from $207 billion in June 2024 to $100 billion by September 2024, according to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Finance’s quarterly government ...

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has ordered an immediate investigation into a violent incident at the Obuasi gold mine in southern Ghana, where eight people were killed. The incident, which ...

The General Confederation of Enterprises of Côte d’Ivoire (CGECI) held a workshop on January 22, 2025, to present the key provisions of the recently reformed Investment Code. The reform, implemented ...

Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Transport and Aviation released its 2024 Agency Performance Scores during an inter-agency meeting held on January 16th. The meeting aimed to review agency performance, set ...

The Council of Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), meeting in Bamako on January 22, 2025, ratified a series of ambitious initiatives aimed at fostering regional integration and ...

In an effort to enhance its counter-terrorism capabilities, Guinea is seeking to emulate Rwanda’s successful anti-terrorism training model. Guinean Minister of Security and Civil Protection, General ...