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Nigeria: Ecobank, MasterCard sign deal on e-payment across Africa

One of Africa’s fastest growing financial institutions, Ecobank Transnational Incorporation, and the multinational financial services corporation MasterCard have signed 

Togo: Wold Bank approves US$14 million for Togo’s economic growth

The World Bank has approved a loan, worth US$14 million (about CFAF7billion), for Togo to enable the West African country carry out its economic 

Congo: Blockade of illegal wood export pays off in Congo

The blockade of illegal export of wood from its shores has paid off in Congo, with the government realizing 6,662 billion FCFA at the end of November last year as taxes 

UN: Campaign against counterfeit goods launched

The UN on Tuesday launched a new campaign to raise awareness about the links between

Nigeria: Nigeria partners Germany on trade facilitation, micro enterprises

Nigeria and Germany have pledged to expand existing bilateral relations, as both countries take steps to improve trade and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 

Sudan: Khartoum, Juba agree to resume oil flow in affected oil fields in South Sudan

Sudan and South Sudan have agreed on a number of technical issues that will boost the 

Nigeria: Dangote group to complete five cement plants across Africa in 2014

Aliko Dangote, the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria's biggest manufacturing conglomerate,

Mali: IMF pledges to back Mali’s economic recovery programme

The Director General of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, Thursday pledged that the organization would continue to back Mali’s efforts on

Congo: China to build tanker port at Pointe Noire

Congo will soon build a tanker port at Pointe Noire, in the south of the country, with the help of China in a bid to improve the country’s capacity to import and export

African youth leaders meet on UN youth unemployment post-2015 agenda

More than 500 hundred youth from Africa and the Diaspora begin a five-day meeting on Monday in Dakar, Senegal, to exchange ideas on the issue of youth unemployment 

Nigeria: ‘Financial integration in W/Africa key to economic development’

The Director-General of the West African Monetary Institute (WAMI), Mr. Abwaku Englama, has asked members of the Economic Community of West African States

Botswana: Mauritius private equity firm acquires stake in Botswana’s largest retailer

Standard Chartered Private Equity (Mauritius) III Limited, a private equity firm, has 
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