While capital has flowed rapidly to satisfy the needs of the largest and — thanks to the microfinance boom – the smallest African companies, SMEs have fallen into a “missing middle.” SMEs in the ...
Ration Magazine - March 12, 2012Capital for Africa Prospects for East Africa as a PE destination are promising. The continent experienced a significant influx of private equity interest in 2011. According to our data, private...
I recently attended the NEPAD Business Foundation Implementing ICT Projects in Africa Workshop and the Zimbabwe Investment and Trade Conference. It was interesting to note that the...
For South Africa, ICT has pushed progress ahead rapidly in the past two decades, helping to level the playing field between urban and rural areas and enabling the country to better compete at a global level.
Commercial bank Absa has partnered with French development finance institution Agence Français de Developpmente (AFD) to offer R400-million worth of loan financing to...
Ethiopia is pursuing a massive dam building project that it hopes will generate alternative sources of power, but critics have said the endeavour will be an environmental disaster.
South Africa and Lesotho will show off their jointly managed Lesotho Highlands Water Project - one of the biggest engineering projects of its kind in the world - at the world's biggest...
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s energy regulator said on Friday last week it had cut the increase in electricity rates for power utility Eskom to 16 percent for the 2012/13 financial year from a...
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Monday it would loan Kenya 21.8 billion shillings to finance the construction of roads and energy projects in east Africa's biggest...
Le Fonds koweitien de développement économique a accordé un prêt de cinq milliards de FCFA au Niger, le 8 mars dernier, afin d’aider à l’aménagement du tronçon...
A new water plant, built in Otobi in order to reduce the risk of water-borne diseases, has been visted by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Leadership has reported.
President Jonathan visited the N2.6 billion plant earlier...
Le Directeur Général de l’Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Zerah Dov, et le Ministre de l’Economie et des Finances guinéen, Kerfala Yansané, ont signé, le lundi...
One of the leading internet providers in Africa, MTN, has announced plans to invest significant sums of money in the internet infrastructure in Nigeria, the Daily Trust has reported.
As part of the efforts to promote e-payment solution in governance, Ekiti State, last week, launched the state’s Integrated Digital Media Channels, designed to boost efficiency...
Africa commands a powerful position on the world stage. It is seen as a land of opportunity — an emerging destination of choice for many investors and development actors as they look for...
Le Conseil d'administration de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé, le 1e mars, un prêt de 58 millions d'euros (l’équivalent de 38 milliards de FCFA) dans le...