Mayor’s Private Sector Conference

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYjwT8ErH3U

FAO Proposes a Strategy to Food Crisis in West Africa and the Sahel

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West Africa and the Sahel are experiencing a continuous deterioration of food and nutritional conditions as a result of the worsening security crisis in the Tri-border area (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger), in the North-Western and Central…
African Business Communities

Esri partners with Digital Earth Africa to tackle climate change via satellite imagery

Climate change is compounding risks of food insecurity, displacement, and natural disasters across broad regions of the African continent, with vulnerable populations facing especially grave outcomes. However, several countries in Africa…

Burundi central bank lifts ban on foreign exchange bureaus

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Burundi's central bank said on Friday (October 7) it had lifted a ban it imposed in February 2020 on foreign exchange bureaus with the aim of weeding out operators flouting official exchange rates. The Central African country faced a…

Egypt to participate in launching AfCFTA Guided Trade Initiative in Ghana

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Egypt will participate with the largest shipment of products to Ghana within the framework of the initiative, according to a press statement. The 10th African Trade Ministerial Meeting of the AFCFTA will be hosted for two days in the…

Maputo’s new transport system: “One of the most exciting moments in the history of transport”

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In recent years you’d be hard pressed to catch an officially registered bus in many parts of Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. But soon the isolated inhabitants of its many transport-starved neighborhoods will be able to take advantage…
The New Times

Rwanda begins trade under AfCFTA

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Rwanda exported its first consignment of goods under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to Ghana on Friday September 30. The first consignment of coffee from Igire Coffee Limited was flown to Accra by the national…
IMF

IMF team heads to Ghana to discuss loan programme request

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The International Monetary Fund confirmed on Sunday that a staff team will visit Ghana this week to continue discussions with the authorities on policies and reforms that could be supported by an IMF lending arrangement. Ghana turned to the…
AGOA.info

US overtakes Uganda to become the largest market for Kenyan goods

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The United States has overtaken Uganda to become the largest market for Kenyan goods, according to a report by Business Daily. Citing official data, the publication reported that Kenya’s exports to the US grew by 47 percent to Sh38.8 billion…

Boom in agrifood-technology start-ups in Africa

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  Agricultural transformation is underway in Africa and attracting more and more investors; Nigeria is no longer the continent's largest oil producer; developing and promoting the cultural sector as an economic driver. The agrifood…

Ethiopia’s fuel prices rise by 20%

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Fuel prices in Ethiopia rose by about 20% on Thursday (September 29), less than three months after a previous 30-40% hike, as part of the phasing out of government subsidies for petroleum products. Faced with soaring crude oil prices…