Category: AFRICA

No more missed opportunities: Strengthening Africa-Caribbean trade and investment in an era of Global Trade Disruption (By Pamela Coke-Hamilton and Benedict Oramah)

Authors: Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director, International Trade Centre, and Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman, Afreximbank (www.Afreximbank.com).  The share of bilateral exports between Africa and the Caribbean, despite extensive shared history, has never surpassed 6%, according to an ITC and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) study, leaving much room for growth of up to $2.1 billion within the next 5 years according to new studies. Key to this growth is adding value in priority sectors, such as minerals, processed food, , manufactured products, transport, travel and creative industries. We’re living in precarious…

Changing the Northern Ghana Narrative: Members of Parliament Adopt Affirmative Action

Members of the Northern Caucus of Ghana’s 9th Parliament in collaboration with the Northern Development Authority(NDA) and other key stakeholders development Partners including Members of Parliament(MPs) from the five Northern Regions, held the First Northern Region Development Conference, in the Northern Regional’s Capital of Tamale. Hosted under the theme: “A Conference of Northern People, Leaders and Partners”, the event was intended to lobby President John Dramani Mahama and his ministers for fair resource allocation to accelerate development in northern Ghana. Majority Leader and MP for Bawku Central, Hon Mahama Ayariga, said…

Sierra Leone and African Development Bank Target $90 Billion in Annual Illicit Financial Flows

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, July 25, 2025/ — A four-day high-level seminar concluded last week with concrete recommendations to combat the estimated $90 billion that Africa loses annually to illicit financial flows, as the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and Sierra Leone Government intensify efforts to strengthen natural resource governance. More than 70 stakeholders from government, civil society, private sector, and international organizations gathered at The Place Resort in Tokeh  under the theme “Harnessing Africa’s Wealth: Curbing Illicit Financial Flows for Resilient Growth and Development.” Illicit financial flows are among Africa’s…

Africa’s Business Heroes 2025 Edition: Event Unveils Top 50 Finalists from All 54 African Nations

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) (www.AfricaBusinessHeroes.org), the flagship philanthropic initiative of the Alibaba Philanthropy, is proud to announce the Top 50 finalists of its 2025 Prize Competition—marking a record-breaking year for participation and regional representation,says an official statement issued in Kigali,Thursday. This year,the statement said, ABH received 32,000 applications, the highest in the competition’s history, with submissions from all 54 African countries – reinforcing ABH’s status as one of the continent’s largest and most inclusive entrepreneurial competitions. The 2025 Top 50 provides an overview of Africa’s entrepreneurial landscape. African businesses are increasingly leveraging…

Imposition of Israeli Sovereignty Over West Bank: Joint Arab-Ministerial Committee Condemns the Act

The Kingdom of Bahrain, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of Indonesia, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the State of Palestine, the State of Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the League of Arab States (LAS), and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) vehemently condemn the recent ratification by the Israeli Knesset regarding the imposition of “Israeli sovereignty” over the occupied West Bank,an official statement said in Jeddah,Thursday. This action,the statement noted, is viewed as a…

Togo’s ‘Nana-Benz’: how cheap Chinese imports of African fabrics have hurt the famous women traders

The Conversation First Published,23rd July,2025 Authors: Fidele B. Ebia,Postdoctoral fellow, Duke Africa Initiative, Duke University Rory Horner,Reader, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester The manufacturing of African print textiles has shifted to China in the 21st century. While they are widely consumed in African countries – and symbolic of the continent – the rise of “made in China” has undermined the African women traders who have long shaped the retail and distribution of this cloth. For many decades Vlisco, the Dutch textile group which traces its origins to 1846 and whose…

Prof Benedict Oramah recognised

……….As 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Abuja More than 400 dignitaries including business and political leaders from Nigeria,across Africa and the diaspora attended the African Export-Import Bank’s(Afreximbank) Third Edition of the Pan-African Business and Development Award hosted in collaboration with the Business Council for Africa(BCA) on Wednesday June 25,2025 in Abuja,Nigeria. The Pan-African Business and Development Awards, held annually during the Afreximbank Annual Meetings, are designed to celebrate and recognise transformative businesses and financial institutions within the African continent and in the diaspora in keeping with the Bank’s vision for…

Building an Integrated African Built environment

ACEACRES 2025 to Drive Africa/Global Stakeholder Engagement By: Mohammed A.Abu The flagship event of the Africa Continental Engineering & Construction Network(ACECEN),” The 3rd African Continental Engineering, Architecture, Construction and Real Estate Summit (ACEACRES 2025) scheduled to be held from the 29th-30th September,2025 in Accra, Ghana, is expected to attract an estimated eight hundred (800) in-person participants from Africa and other parts of the world. Held under the theme, Revolutionizing the Built Environment for Sustainable Infrastructure Development Through the use of Disruptive Innovations, Big Data and Quantum Technologies, participants confirmation has already…

Exclusive / Mauritania to meet Israel at Trump White House meeting

Yinka Adegoke and Mathias Hammer,Semafor Updated Jul 9, 2025, 10:38am GMT, Africa The Scoop The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is set to take a step toward resuming ties with the state of Israel at a White House meeting brokered by US President Donald Trump later Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the plans. Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of a mini US-Africa summit featuring four other western African countries: Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and Senegal. Mauritania, which is a member of…

Africa: The Evolution of a Juggernaut(By Emeka Eke,Global Focus Media)

The journey of a thousand miles often begins with a first step! This truism may very well resonate with Africa, a continent which many; especially from the west have often described as dark, the white man’s grave etc.! By the way, some still have their traditional fixated mindset about the region intact despite her transition from a supposed underdeveloped state – by their assessment – many centuries ago, to one of the world’s leading focal points today! During his lifetime, Sir Isaac Newton, one of the greatest scientists to ever…