Nigerian President Muhammadu Bahuri said in a speech last Wednesday that the federal government will encourage making well-planned funding initiatives available to micro, small and medium scale enterprises. Read More »

AgDevCo recently announced a $375,000 investment in Gee’s Fresh Point, a slaughter, processor and marketer of frozen specialty meat based in Northern Ghana. Read More »

Atlas Copco, a leading provider of sustainable productivity solutions was listed last week in the Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index for the 2015/2016 year fiscal year. Read More »

Online grocery store offers more than 60,000 items for delivery. Read More »

Rabi Shuaibu Jimeta, permanent secretary of Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Youth Development, is urging generous individuals, corporations and philanthropic organizations nationwide to follow the lead of the National Youth Corps Foundation and help the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) achieve its mission to promote national unity and cultural integration in the country. Read More »

Roxgold Inc., a gold exploration and development company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, said late last week that the first drawdown of $30 million was completed under the previously announced $75 million, six-year senior secured project finance facility for development of the Yaramoko Gold Project in Burkina Faso. Read More »

Trimble, a leading innovator of productivity solutions for the civil engineering and construction sectors, recently announced that a SITECH Technology Dealer has been launched for Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Republic of Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo. Read More »

Ivory Coast issued a 7-year bond for approximately $255 million on the market of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).  “The government's objective is to finance large-scale infrastructure investments,” Treasury Director Adama Kone said. Read More »

Deal will boost presence of American food giant in African market Read More »

Guaranty Trust Bank of Nigeria announced last month that Haruna Musa has been selected to serve as the board's executive director. Musa's banking career began with the United Bank for Africa, and he has worked with FSB International Bank. Read More »

Survey of Erin Energy's A2 and A5 blocks conducted by Polarcus Read More »

The Environmental Protection Agency of Sierra Leone (EPA-SL) has sought the assistance of New Leaf Africa (NLA) in order to develop sustainability programs to aid in carbon emission reduction, the organization announced Sept. 8. Read More »

According to A.T. Kearney's 2015 African Retail Development Index, retail markets show promise not only in larger markets such as Nigeria, but also in smaller markets like Gabon. The ARDI is a list ranking the 15 top countries for retail growth in Africa. Read More »

Trust Bank Limited of Gambia has announced that on the heels of the resignation of Momar Samba, the Social Security and Housing Finance Corp., the majority shareholders in TBL have appointed Saibatou Faal as the new director of the bank's board. Read More »

Erin Energy Corp. recently made changes to its management team. Read More »

Robex Resources, Inc. recently announced much progress was being made on the extension project at the Nampala Mine in Mali. Read More »

A new project from the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Sierra Leone Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency, launched last week, aims to increase exports. Read More »

The Sierra Leone Ambassador to South Korea Omrie Golley welcomed Younghaw Development Industries, Ltd. executives during a meeting in Korea as part of an effort to encourage companies to invest in Sierra Leone in the aftermath of the Ebola virus epidemic. Read More »

Millennium Development Goals Nigeria hosted a summit recently titled “The MDGs and the Socio-Economic Transformation of Nigeria: 2015 and Beyond." The purpose of the summit was to review implementation of the MDGs in Nigeria and highlight best practices, key achievements and the contributions of the development agenda to further national socio-economic transformation. Read More »