U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria James Entwistle announced Thursday that the U.S. will welcome 100 young Nigerians for this year's Mandela Washington Fellows program. Read More »

The financial service provider SimbaPay has raised its transaction limit to $45,000, a 15-fold increase from the prior limit. Read More »

Reach for Change Africa recently published its 2015 impact report documenting results of the organization's social entrepreneur incubator program. Read More »

The International Office of Migration recently held a three-day festival in Agadez, Niger aimed at promoting safe migration practices and routes. Read More »

Officials from the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday will present financial data on the Sub-Saharan African economy in Uganda and Ivory Coast. Read More »

Meeting with Ecobank Nigeria’s managing director Charles Kie recently in Abuja, Economic Community of West African States President Marcel de Souza stressed the importance of the bank’s interactive role in Nigeria’s economy and requested top-notch service levels for ECOWAS institutions. Read More »

African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma recently visited Russia to discuss Russian-African relations. Read More »

Energy ministers across Africa will gather to discuss investment opportunities for the continent's power sector at the 18th Annual Africa Energy Forum June 22-24 in London.here Read More »

Economic Community of West African States President Allain de Souza recently reached out to Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama in a gesture of solidarity and renewed commitment to economic collaboration in Abuja, Nigeria. Read More »

Tempus Applied Solutions will provide airlift service in north and west Africa for the U.S. Africa Command Special Operations Command Africa division of the U.S. military over the next five years. Read More »

Accelerating Africa’s economic and social growth, the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa has created a $68 billion priority action plan to overhaul the continent’s lagging internal connectivity and bring its nations into alignment. Read More »

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) Training School and Academy in Assin Fosu, Ghana is getting a $3.4 million information technology lab through a partnership with IOM Ghana, the GIS and funding from the European Union. Read More »

Randgold Resources Ltd. is offering $150,000 toward building Ivory Coast's first golf academy for kids. Read More »

Officials from the Department of Human Sources, Sciences and Technology met Monday to review a report on the portability of job skills. Read More »

The steering committee for AFRITAC West 2 met in Gambia on Tuesday. Read More »

MainOne executives are pledging to boost Africa's connectivity through improvements in the continent's submarine cable network. Read More »

British Minister for Africa James Duddridge met with Ivory Coast's Minister of Petroleum and Energy Adama Toungara Wednesday for a tour of Aggreko's 200-megawatt, gas-powered power plant in Abidjan. Read More »

Eighteen tourism ministers and other officials from around Africa met this week in Ivory Coast to discuss tourism ethics, security and development. Read More »

The International Monetary Fund recently wrapped up a visit to Mali to assess the country's financial progress. Read More »

The International Office of Migration Senegal has begun construction on a series of five border posts on its Mali and Mauritania boundaries. Read More »