A new education technology application is anticipated to help build Rwanda’s financial and digital literacy. Called LENGA, the app launched by the United Nations Development Fund (UNCDF), teaches Rwandans financial …
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President Muhammadu Buhari dubbed it a budget of growth and sustainability, but Nigeria’s 2022 appropriation bill of 16.39 trillion has raised a plethora of questions while offering a little basis …
The African Development Bank said it will support trade valued at $7 billion over the next five years in a bid to spur the growth of the world’s biggest free-trade …
- Banking, Finance & InvestmentBusiness PoliciesWestern Africa
Nigeria Serviced Debt With N1.47trn In Q1, 2021
Nigeria spent N1.47trillion on debt servicing payments in the first half of 2021, data obtained from the Debt Management Office have shown. In the first quarter of the year, the …
Uganda said on Monday it had signed a number of new business deals worth $650 million at Expo 2020 Dubai. The commitments included investments in fields such as renewable energy, …
Zambian inflation slowed to an eight-month low in September after food-price growth decelerated from a record high and the currency’s two-month world-beating streak helped curb import costs. Consumer prices rose …
- Business PoliciesWestern Africa
Experts advise businesses on survival strategy in difficult environment
Foremost economists and analysts including, former Director-General, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Dr Muda Yusuf; founder, B. Adedipe Associates Limited, Dr Biodun Adedipe, and Dr ‘Tunde Popoola, have …
Increasing political activities will worsen the currency crisis, experts have warned. The value of naira has continued to wobble across different markets even as analysts express worry that growing political …
The European Union’s general court on Wednesday cancelled two trade deals that had allowed Morocco to export farm products and fish to the bloc from the disputed Western Sahara, a …
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Rwanda: Call for Stronger Trade Ties as Zimbabwean Embassy is Opened in Kigali
On the 28th of September, the Republic of Zimbabwe officially inaugurated its resident embassy in Kigali. Charity Manyeruke, the Zimbabwean Ambassador to Rwanda, paid tribute to heads of state of …