Magnus Nmonwu, regional director for Sage West Africa, recently expressed that it is imperative for businesses in West Africa to invest in products that will help them digitize their processes. Nmonwu insisted that enterprises that fail to keep abreast of technology will face major disadvantages. Nmonwu advised keeping up with mobile web, e-commerce and social media solutions. Read More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre recognized Stratcomm Africa as one of Ghana's top 100 companies at an awards ceremony Oct. 22 at the State Banquet Hall in Accra. The Club 100 companies were selected by the American consulting firm Ernst & Young for their exemplification of this year's theme. Club 100 members will be expected to advise the GIPC on the next Club 100 event. Read More »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 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 »

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 »

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 »

Foxtrot International LDC recently began production from a second platform on Block CI-27 offshore at Côte d'Ivoire. The first well, a Marlin-B1ST well, is the first in a five-well drilling campaign that will be developed on two previously discovered fields on the block. Presently, about 1,100 barrels a day are flowing from the site. The Marlin was installed in April. Read More »

Vegetable oil and fats provider AAK released its 2014-15 sustainability report, giving an overview of the firm's sustainability commitments, activities and achievements. The report also indicated major progress on AAK's palm oil commitments and a successful women's group program that is taking place in Burkina Faso. AAK operates 18 production facilities and sales offices. Read More »

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 »

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 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 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 »