The Dangote oil refinery will begin processing crude in the third quarter of this year, with mechanical work completed and hydro testing (at 70%) nearly completed. This was revealed over …
Attorney Siafuah-Mai Gray of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) has been named the company’s first President/CEO and the first Liberian to join the Africa Oil Week Advisory Board …
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The Institute of Export & International Trade to open first office in Africa
The Institute of Export & International Trade (IOE&IT) is to open up a new office in Kenya – its first overseas – in a sign of the continent’s growing importance. …
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Dangote’s Wealth Jumps By $1.3 Billion In January
Due to a surge in the share price of his cement company, Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has grown his fortune by $1.3 billion in less than a month. Dangote …
Africa is poised to move away from traditional retail models and become the world’s fastest-growing, richest, and most sophisticated market, according to the bi-annual Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), a …
- Business PoliciesHospitality, Travel & TourismNorthern Africa
Egypt launches Africa’s first environmentally-friendly flight from Cairo to Paris
EgyptAir, a state-owned flag carrier of Egypt pioneers Africa’s first test flight with environmentally friendly services on board to Paris from Cairo International Airport. The Egyptian minister of civil aviation …
While addressing 300 police cadet graduates at the Kenya Police Training College in Kiganjo, Kenyatta also banned, with immediate effect, trade on scrap metal, directing that anyone found vandalising national …
The World Economic Forum has released its latest report, “Attracting Investment and Accelerating Adoption for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa”. African governments urgently need to drive greater investment in …
The World Economic Forum has released its latest report, “Attracting Investment and Accelerating Adoption for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa”. African governments urgently need to drive greater investment in …
Much of what has been written about political, economic, and social development across Africa fails to reckon with the complexities of the continent’s often difficult past, dating back to extractive …