Mayor’s Private Sector Conference

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

AfDB lends €166m for the Dakar-Saint Louis Highway

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  New funding has been approved for the construction of a 200km highway between Dakar and Saint-Louis. The longstanding project, which will connect Senegal’s capital city to its centre for sugar production, and planned hub for…
CNBC Africa

Zambia on Track for Debt Restructuring Next Quarter-Finance Minister

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Zambia is pushing hard to complete the restructuring of nearly $15 billion of external debt in the first quarter of 2023 and is “in active engagement” with its largest bilateral creditor China, Zambia’s finance minister said in an interview…

US Trade with Africa in Decline, But Aid Remains Stable

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Africa accounts for less than 2% of total US merchandise exports and imports. The overall value of US exports to the continent fell from $32.9bn in 2011 to $26.7bn in 2021, while imports declined from $93bn in 2011 to $37.6bn in 2021, according…