African Business Watch – Business and Economy Stories from Africa

AFRAA launches interactive capacity-sharing portal

August 14, 2020

As part of initiatives and efforts for the industry restart and recovery from the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic,the African Airlines …

Africa Minigrid Benchmarking Report Launched

August 14, 2020

Today, the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA), a regional trade group representing distributed generation developers and operators, released its flagship …

All Africa

China advised to participate in the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative

August 13, 2020

Economic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, has called on China to honour the pledge made by President Xi …

World

Nissan Sunderland plant hits the half a million mark

July 24, 2020

PRESS RELEASE – Having produced half a million protective aprons for front line health care workers, Nissan Sunderland is handing …

Mozambique

African Development Bank joins $20 billion Mozambique LNG financing

July 21, 2020

PRESS RELEASE – The African Development Bank has concluded its bid to co-finance the construction of Mozambique’s integrated Liquefied Natural …

All Africa

Equity Bank’s Group Executive talks philanthropy

July 20, 2020

As part Africa.com’s webinar series Crisis Management for African Business Leaders, Dr. James Mwangi, Managing Director and CEO of Equity …

World

Global digital commerce industry to touch $3 trillion value

July 15, 2020

The coronavirus outbreak has massively accelerated the growth of the digital commerce market, with millions of people choosing webshops instead …

World

Fintech leaders raise almost $4 billion amid pandemic

July 15, 2020

Data gathered by Buy Shares indicates that fintech leaders raised a total of $3.81 billion in the second quarter of …

Kenya

Tanzania, Kenya become symbol of East African integration

July 15, 2020

The African development Bank (AfDB), one of the promoters and financiers of regional integration in African continent, says Tanzania and …

All Africa

African countries get grants for COVID-19 response

June 26, 2020

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on Tuesday approved nearly $8.9 million in grant funding to bolster …