Japanese businesses should invest more in Africa, where investment opportunities and returns on investment are among the highest in the world, African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina urged participants at the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8). Adesina commended the Japanese government and private sector for their strong support to Africa’s development. […]
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Anchor, a banking-as-a-service platform joins Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 (S22) Batch, announces the launch of public beta
Anchor (https://getAnchor.co/), a banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform making it possible to seamlessly build financial products in Africa announces its public beta launch. The startup was also accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2022 Batch as the first African BaaS and embedded finance platform. In recent years, there have been several reports about the size of the Africa […]
Prudential leads industry with highest number of Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) qualifiers
222 MDRT qualifiers in the first six months of 2022 compared to 39 from the same period last year, marking an increase of almost six times; Prudential (https://www.Prudentialplc.com/) continues to invest in its sales distribution to provide quality service and meet the evolving needs of customers. Prudential Africa today announced that 222 of its sales […]
Japan and the African Development Bank announce up to $5 billion in support for Africa’s private sector
The government of Japan and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) have announced a $5 billion financial cooperation under the fifth phase of the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa initiative (EPSA) from 2023 to 2025. The announcement was made at the Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) held Sunday 28 August 2022 in […]
With so Many Factors Unresolved, Libya’s Oil Outlook for Remainder of 2022 is a Moving Target (By NJ Ayuk)
By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber For Libya’s oil industry, 2022 has been quite the roller-coaster ride so far. Largely due to political instability, the nation with the world’s largest proven oil reserves (48 billion barrels) saw crude oil production plunge from 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) to a paltry 100,000 bpd […]
The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) honours military and police officers who have completed their Tour of Duty in Somalia
Download logo African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), on Saturday honoured outgoing top officers from the military and police components who played an important role in the transitioning of the mission from the former African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The 74 officers, included Sector Commanders, Staff Officers attached to the ATMIS Force headquarters […]
Teamwork at all levels of World Health Organization (WHO) aims to save millions of lives in the greater Horn of Africa
Download logo In the greater Horn of Africa, famine is looming at the doorstep of many households. Over 80 million people in this region — which comprises Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda — lack access to food that would meet their basic needs along with safe water. More than 37 million […]
World Health Organization (WHO) Ethiopia celebrates World Breastfeeding Week 2022 with the global theme “Step up for breastfeeding: Educate and Support”
Download logo World Breastfeeding Week is commemorated worldwide in the first week of August to emphasize the importance of regular breastfeeding for babies and to encourage and support breastfeeding. The week also marks the anniversary of the Innocenti Declaration – the UN declaration on breastfeeding that was made on August 1, 1990. World Breastfeeding Week […]
Public Relations: How APO Group Grew Revenue by 88% in the First Half of 2022 Despite Banning Certain Industries (by Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard)
By Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard (www.Pompigne-Mognard.com), Founder, Chairman and owner of APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading Pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service I recently read this mind-blowing article (https://bbc.in/3CJ0Iff) on the BBC website. It describes the story of E Bruce Harrison and his work for the Global Climate Coalition – an international lobbyist group of […]
President Wavel Ramkalawan met with the Foreign Minister of Japan, Mr Hayashi Yoshimasa
Download logo On his second day in Tunisia, where he is attending the Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8), President Wavel Ramkalawan met with Mr Hayashi Yoshimasa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan and also the Special Envoy of Mr Kishida Fumio, Prime Minister of Japan. President Ramkalawan congratulated Japan on successfully co-hosting […]