With members negotiating and agreeing unanimously to accept the nation into the organization, Liberia last week became the eighth least-developed country to become a member of the World Trade Organization. The terms of Liberia’s pending membership will come before the 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, Kenya Dec. 15-18. Read More »

Greater access to broadband would allow for more innovation and increased opportunity for Africa, Tony Dolton, CEO of Unitel in Angola, said. Dolton added that the impact of the digital transition on the telecoms and media sector is the convergence of content and delivery and the need to be “connected always,” meaning network infrastructure needs more investment and development.   Read More »

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a combined $428.4 million in loans and grant to finance energy, infrastructure, transport and water and sanitation projects in eight African countries. Under the approvals, Ghana Airports Co. Ltd. will receive a loan of $120 million to finance its capital investment program. Read More »

African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina and U.S. President Barack Obama met at the 70th United Nation's General Assembly on Sept. 29 to confirm their continued partnership of bringing power to Africa. The meeting comes on the heels of President Obama's Power Africa initiative that looks to ensure that Sub-Saharan Africans have double the access to electricity. Read More »

Officials from Nigeria and Liberia agreed to collaborate on disaster preparedness in the face of health crises, such as Ebola. The agreement was made at the West Africa Disaster Preparedness Initiative course, which took place at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Ghana. The collaboration works to enhance response and management in 17 African nations. Read More »

Blox Inc. has released the latest grade results from a near surface infill diamond core sampling campaign in Guinea. Read More »

A recently concluded report on precious mineral holdings of Golden Saint Resources  has revealed further study is needed to determine the potential for exploration in certain areas of Sierra Leone. Read More »

DHL Express has announced it will launch its Growing Beyond Borders program in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read More »

Ghana Airports Company Limited’s (GACL) capital investment program will receive a $120 million (USD) loan from African Development Bank (AfDB). Read More »

The Gambia River Basin Development Organization (OMVG) has received a commitment fro the African Development Bank (AfDB) for a $138 million (USD) loan to aimed at improving electricity access. Read More »

Representatives of Russia and Senegal recently met to discuss the potential for deeper cooperation between the two countries. Read More »

Erin Energy Corporation recently announced test results suggesting one of their sites in Ghana has the ability to produce 500 million barrels of oil and 282 billions of cubic feet of gas. Read More »

West Africa Oil & Gas Talent Summit 2015. Read More »

Nigerian airline Arik Air normalized its flights to Monrovia, Liberia, from Oct. 5. The service was initially suspended in 2014 due to the Ebola outbreak in the West African country. With the resumed service, customers will have access to three flights in a Boeing 737-700 Next Generation (NG) aircraft during the week with departure from Lagos and Ghana's capital, Accra. Read More »

Chemicals company Sika will open concrete admixture and mortar production facilities in Nigeria and the Ivory Coast. In addition, it will also establish new subsidiaries in Ethiopia and Tanzania as a part of its ongoing expansion throughout Africa. In 2014, Sika opened subsidiaries in Lagos and Abidjan to invest in local production facilities for high-quality concrete admixtures and mortars. Read More »

Construction began on Tuesday for a $962 million four-year project in the Ivory Coast. The project will build a second container terminal as well as widen the part of the canal leading to the main port in Ivory Coast's capital city, Abidjan, one of the most active ports in sub-Saharan Africa. The construction contracts for both projects were awarded to China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd. Read More »

The International Year of Light 2015 is a worldwide initiative of the United Nations to raise awareness of how optical technologies promote sustainable development and provide solutions to worldwide challenges in energy, education, agriculture, communications and health. Among the event's founders are the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society. Read More »

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa severely disrupted the economies of both Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to a survey released on Sept. 30 by GeoPoll, a mobile survey platform, and FHI 360, a human development organization.From January to June of this year, a survey was distributed via SMS messages throughout every district in both countries. Still, both nation's citizens remain optimistic about their nations' abilities to bounce back in the near future. Read More »

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Senegalese Ministry for Water Resources and Sanitation will roll out a $54 million program to make water and sanitation accessible in rural areas.  The water and sanitation program to be implemented in Senegal is in line with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals' (SDG) No. 6 pledge, which mandates that water and sanitation be available for everyone.  Read More »

The World Bank Group endorsed a Country Partnership Framework (CPF), a World Bank lending program of up to US$1 billion and a International Finance Corporation (IFC) financing of up to US$1 billion, for Côte d’Ivoire on Sept. 29. Due to years of stability, the World Bank Board extended the CPF to the Ivory Coast in order to modernize the economy and efface the disparities that were created from years of struggle. Read More »