With the recent completion of the sixth and seventh reviews of its Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement by the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Niger recently received more than $53 million in funding. This brings the total the nation has received under the economic-performance program to just more than $131 million. Read More »

Global information technology solutions firm Tecnotree of Finland has been chosen to provide $3.5 million worth of services to an undisclosed telecommunications company in West Africa. Read More »

London-based Genesis Energy said on Tuesday that it plans to build a $190 million power project in the Republic of Benin. Read More »

Burkina Faso's elections on Sunday were enhanced with technology provided by Paris, France-based satellite operations company SES S.A. Read More »

The Abidjan-Lagos Corridor, a flagship project of the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) initiative, was visited by many who participated in PIDA Week recently. Read More »

Tigo Ghana Chief Executive Officer Roshi Motman was recently honored as CEO of the Year at the 2015 COM World Series AfricaCom Awards. The award honors leaders who have made significant contributions to the telecom and information technology sectors in Africa. Read More »

The Hague, Netherlands will be the site of a Nov. 30 trade and investment conference hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation. Read More »

Jean Omer Beriziky, former prime minister of the Republic of Madagascar, is leading an African Union Short-Term Observation Mission (STO) to monitor Burkina Faso's general elections on Sunday after the government requested the mission. Read More »

Social media is an inexpensive and effective way for a business to reach a large -- even global -- audience. Read More »

Energy industry leaders from throughout the U.S. and Africa will gather Jan. 27-29 in Washington, D.C., for the second annual Powering Africa: Summit. Read More »

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is hosting the 17th annual OILGASMINE Conference and Exhibition this week in Khartoum, Sudan, running through Thursday. Read More »

The fourth annual Ghana Sustainable Business Forum (SBF) -- presented by PwC Ghana, the Embassy of France to Ghana and the United Nations Development Programme in  Ghana -- will be held on Thursday in Accra. Read More »

Guinea's recent elections ran smoothly, partly thanks to European digital security company Gemalto, which was hired by Guinea's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) to modernize the nation's voter-registration system. Read More »

Over 150 government officials and private-sector stakeholders converged on Abidjan, Ivory Coast, last week to discuss African infrastructure development. Read More »

The USAID/Ghana Local Governance Decentralization Program (LOGODEP) recently held a two-day closeout workshop in Busua, Ghana, to discuss the five-year program's results. Read More »

Facebook and telecommunications company Bharti Airtel Africa recently said they have partnered to expand an Internet-access program, called Free Basics, to four more African nations. Read More »

Health care needs in many African nations are increasing at a rapid rate. Such is the case for Nigeria and Kenya. Read More »

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union met recently to discuss the ongoing transitional government in Burkina Faso in the wake of September's failed seven-day coup attempt. Read More »

A second review of a financial and economic program sponsored by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Extended Credit Facility (ECF) to aid Ghana was the focus of an IMF team's recent visit to the African nation. Read More »

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden led a delegation of U.S. agribusiness representatives on a recent trade mission to Ghana, co-hosted by Ghana Minister of Food and Agriculture Fifi Kwetey. Read More »