AfDB, Bank of Africa Tanzania sign $7.5m trade finance guarantee to boost SME and intra-Africa trade
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Bank of Africa Tanzania (BOAT) have signed a $7.5 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility aimed at ...
African News
News
Concerns mount over weaponization of Ugandan judiciary
11 #StopEACOP activists spend two months in jail for attempting to deliver a letter to KCB Uganda. Eleven activists arrested on April 23rd ...
News
Gender gap closes at fastest rate since pandemic – But full parity still over a century away
The global gender gap has closed to 68.8%, led by economic and political advances – yet progress is still behind pre-pandemic pace, with ...
News
UK and US still see Africa through a lens of poverty, corruption, and nature
A new groundbreaking report reveals that everyday perceptions of Africa in the UK and the US are still largely shaped by outdated and ...
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Sidi Ould Tah elected ninth president of African Development Bank Group
Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected President of the African Development Bank Group at the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, ...
Business
South African equities face pullback risk: JSE top 40 retreats from 85K as tech surges 14%
JSE top 40 retreats from 85K as tech surges 14%; rate cut hopes linger. South African stocks showed signs of fatigue on Wednesday ...
Nigerian stocks rally 0.85% as key sectors surge; China, Türkiye deals boost market confidence
The Nigerian stock market rebounded on Monday, with the NGX All-Share Index (ASI) climbing 0.85% to close at 109,953, driven by strong performances in key sectors. The process industries ...
People & Politics
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Nigeria’s public service: Progress amidst reforms | AfDB Report
By Engr. Gbolahan M.A. Alabi-Isama MS. Founder/CEO at Supercomafrica Nigeria PSDI Score Nigeria’s public service delivery landscape, while facing significant hurdles, shows promising signs ...
Article
Tasks before South-West Development Commission
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE There are question marks about the proliferation of ‘development commissions. However, we go along with the present enthusiasm, whatever the ...
Article
Nigeria’s governors: Halfway to where? (1)
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE To begin with, any assessment of the subnational level must acknowledge that Nigeria’s federal system is defective and quasi-federalist in ...
Article
The urgency of an emergency – Housing crisis is a ticking time bomb
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE I was out of town last Saturday when a sudden phone call shattered my plans for the weekend. My co-tenant ...
Article
Nigeria: A nation unto itself?
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE One reason many Nigerians voted for the All-Progressives Congress (APC) was its manifesto commitment to laying the foundation for a ...
Article
Malaria is an African problem and Africa must find the solution
Africa still bears the brunt of the global malaria burden—with 94% of cases occurring on the continent. According to the World Health Organisation’s ...
Arts
The rise of contemporary African art in a global market
By Marelize van Zyl, CEO at Aspire Art The art historical narrative, traditionally skewed towards Western perspectives, has long undervalued African art, limiting ...
Article
Leadership – Africa’s missing link to transformation
… A Nigerian Perspective By Moses Braimah Africa is blessed with abundant resources, immense talent, and a youthful population bursting with potential. Yet, ...
Article
Nigeria and the part of our past (1)
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE On October 1, 1999, I wrote an article titled ‘The Ethical Imperative of Governance’ in one of Nigeria’s leading national ...
Article
The Rivers emergency dilemma!
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE Rivers State is now under emergency rule, and it’s likely to remain so for the next six months, unless a ...
Business & Economy
Business
Nigerian stocks rally 0.85% as key sectors surge; China, Türkiye deals boost market confidence
The Nigerian stock market rebounded on Monday, with the NGX All-Share Index (ASI) climbing 0.85% to close at 109,953, driven by strong performances in key sectors. The process industries ...
Business
South African stocks face volatility as JSE Top 40 dips, fiscal concerns weigh on sentiment
South African equities remained under pressure on Thursday, with the JSE FTSE Top 40 index falling 0.33% to close at 85,595.72, extending losses as profit-taking and fiscal uncertainties overshadowed earlier gains. ...
Business
South African equities face pullback risk: JSE top 40 retreats from 85K as tech surges 14%
JSE top 40 retreats from 85K as tech surges 14%; rate cut hopes linger. South African stocks showed signs of fatigue on Wednesday ...
Business
NGX tops 106K as health tech & non-oil exports surge 25%; Nigeria unveils AfCFTA growth plan
Nigeria’s equity market extended its rally as the NGX All Share Index breached the critical 106,000 threshold, closing at 106,124 points with a ...
Business
Ghana: World Bank-backed projects drive crippling debt and fossil fuel dependency
World Bank funding of about $2 billion in oil & gas projects has supported deeply harmful fossil and energy investments in Ghana Foreign-led, expensive ...
