Rotary gives $6.9 million to ensure Nigeria remains polio-free

Humanitarian service organization Rotary International contributed $6.9 million Monday to help Nigeria remain polio-free.  The funds will be used to increase immunization availability and activities overseen by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. This year, the World Health Organization removed Nigeria from its list of countries experiencing polio endemics. Read More »

AFC completes corporate restructuring with new appointments

Africa Finance Corp. has made three key appoints with Dr. Adesegun Akin-Olugbade, Oliver Tunde Andrews and Sanjeev Gupta in order to change its organizational structure this year. A Harvard Law School alumnus, Akin-Olgubade has spent more than 30 years in the financial and legal sectors. Dr. Akin-Olugbade has now been named executive director and Chief Operating Officer of AFC. Read More »

WHO removes Nigeria from polio-endemic list

The World Health Organization removed Nigeria from the list of polio-endemic countries Monday. While Nigeria has not has reported positive test for wild polio virus in 15 months, Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only countries that remain. A ceremony took place to celebrate Nigeria's removal from the list and was attended by the permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Health. Read More »

WebNMS, Standout partner on West African smart software platform

Standout Business Solutions recently partnered with WebNMS to help extend its Internet of Things platform to businesses in West Africa. The WebNMS IoT Platform develops scalable IoT applications for multi-vendor networks. It's the first open platform to combine remote sensor monitoring, energy management, security, location management, on-board diagnostics and vendor support. Read More »

China to build deep-sea port in São Tomé e Príncipe

São Tomé e Príncipe officials signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. Oct. 7 to design and build a deep-sea trans-shipment port. The port will be built on São Tomé and add to the shipping infrastructure of the Gulf of Guinea. The first phase of construction is scheduled to be complete in 2018 and is projected to be fully operational by 2019.  Read More »

PfD, USDA to bolster Benin pineapple industry

Partners for Development and the United States Department of Agriculture will boost the production, processing, and export of pineapples in Benin with their Pineapple Processing for Export (PINEX) program. The 5-year PINEX program will reach out to 5,200 pineapple farmers and 70 processing companies. The industry is currently the third most-valuable agricultural market in Benin. Read More »

Africa 2.0 Annual Leadership Symposium to be held in November

The Africa 2.0 Annual Leadership Symposium will take place in Maputo, Mozambique, Nov. 24 to Nov. 26 to discuss financing infrastructure development in and for Africa. Africa 2.0 is a pan-African civil society organization that was founded in 2010 by Mamadou Toure. The organization's goal is to provide a platform for new and established African leaders to transform the continent. Read More »

African Union briefed on anti-Ebola efforts in affected countries

The 553rd meeting of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) convened Oct. 21 for an update on the recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) and the recovery efforts that have taken place in the affected countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. A council of healthcare workers and officials spoke on the progress that had been made in the fight against EVD. Read More »

AU, MISAHEL launch project to support education in Mali

Pierre Buyoya, the high representative of the African Union (AU) for Mali and the Sahel and head of the AU Mission for Mali and the Sahel (MISAHEL), introduced a project that will boost education in northern Mali's Gao region Oct. 15. With the project, which is under the direction of the non-governmental organization CRADE, school kits will be donated to children in the Bourem area. Read More »

Bintou Keita appointed deputy joint special representative for UNAMID

Bintou Keita of Guinea was appointed the deputy joint special representative for the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation (UNAMID) in Darfur Tuesday. The appointment was announced by the United Nations secretary-general and African Union Commission chairperson. Keita succeeds Abdul Kamara of Sierra Leone. Keita served as Ebola crisis manager in Sierra Leone. Read More »

AfDB, KfW partner to advance African agriculture

Kfw and the African Development Bank (AfDB) unveiled a program Oct. 22 to advance agriculture throughout Africa at the Feeding Africa conference. The goal of the program is to develop solutions to spur the growth of agriculture in Africa by increasing access to financing options in the agricultural sector. AfDB promotes sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction in Africa. Read More »

AU commission chairperson congratulates Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania on peaceful elections

Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, lauded the governments and citizens of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and the United Republic of Tanzania Tuesday on the nations' recent peaceful general elections. Zuma said that the high participation of the nations' citizens in the Oct. 25 elections underscored their commitment to democracy. Read More »

Sunergy reports closing of latest Q3 diamond sale

The results of the sale will be published in the next 10Q to be filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. With the close of the sale, Sunergy's Q3 revenue exceeded revenue for the prior quarter. The company is currently pursuing the purchase of a major gold and diamond concession through the National Minerals Association in Sierra Leone and mining development is ongoing. Read More »

iNeedMD signs $1.5 million West Africa EKG Glove distribution agreement

Medical device development company iNeedMD Holdings of New York City has entered into a distribution arrangement with Clifton Africa Ltd., a United Kingdom- and- Nigeria-based medical supply company, for the sale and marketing of the EKG Glove™ and related products in several West African countries, where cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 cause of death in adults older than 30. Read More »

Ghana hosting West African Clean Energy & Environment Exhibition

Ghana will host the West African Clean Energy & Environment Exhibition Conference 2015 from Nov. 3 through 5. Sponsored by AHK Ghana and fair-trade, the conference will include a German Pavilion featuring 12 companies displaying their products. Leaders in policy and economics will attend the conference, during which speakers will discuss issues facing Ghana's energy supply. Read More »

Nigerian accounting leader recognized for his ongoing contributions

Nigerian President Muhammad Buhari thanked Akintola Williams for his contributions to the nation’s development. The praise came as the 2015 Akintola Williams Distinguished Lecture Series kicked off. The series is held in honor of the 96-year-old Nigerian, who was the first African to qualify as a chartered accountant and who was instrumental in founding the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Read More »

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