An International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV consultation with Benin that ended late last week revealed significant economic growth in 2015, as well as low inflation and low debt. Read More »

Sierra Leone native Massah KaiKai wanted to find a way to show the world there was more to her family's homeland than civil war and the recent Ebola pandemic. Read More »

Burkina Faso's Essakane Mine was one of three African mines to earn 2015 Toward Sustainable Mining (TSM) Leadership Awards from the Mining Association of Canada. Read More »

The recent Climate Change Conference in Paris saw the launch of the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI). Read More »

The Submarine Cable Awareness Workshop was held recently in Accra, Ghana, in an effort to raise awareness and protect international submarine cables and pipelines on the ocean's seabed offshore Ghana. This infrastructure provides Internet service and other trans-oceanic communications and data transfer in the region. Read More »

U.S.-based hydrogen fuel technology company MagneGas Corp. signed a memo of understanding (MoU) with Sierra Leone-based Masada Waste Management, which will import MagneGas fuel and equipment, MagneGas said on Wednesday. Read More »

Economically disadvantaged young adults ages 15-24 in Ghana and Uganda now can turn to the Youth Forward Initiative, an international program that will help them find jobs in the continent's growing agricultural and construction sectors, or even start their own businesses. Read More »

The Training Workshop on Trade in Services Negotiations for AU-CFTA Negotiators ended late last week in Dakar, Senegal. Read More »

Throughout Africa, approximately 600 million people have no access to electric power. Read More »

Three Nigerian youths are among 60 in the British Commonwealth who recently were named recipients of the Queen’s Young Leaders Award. Read More »

Following the sixth and seventh reviews of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement, a payment of $25.6 million will be disbursed to Guinea, the IMF said on Tuesday. Read More »

During the fourth session of the Ministerial Follow-Up Committee of the Permanent Framework for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Coordination and Monitoring in West Africa, held recently in Dakar, Senegal, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) members overseeing the water sector asked that more funding be put in place to protect the continent's water resources and build its water infrastructure. Read More »

The first Burger King restaurant in Ivory Coast opened recently at the new CFAO PlaYce Marcory Shopping Mall, which opened late last week in Abidjan. Read More »

The first review by the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of Senegal's economic performance has been completed, and it has been determined that a Policy Support Instrument (PSI) approved by the IMF in June will move forward, the IMF said on Tuesday. Read More »

Yves Rossier, Switzerland's state secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), recently traveled to Niger for a three-day visit, during which he met with a number of government officials and discussed several matters pertaining to the nation's economy and security. Read More »

Auto company Ford recently expanded use of its OpenXC sensor technology -- which has been available in its cars and trucks -- to motorcycles in an effort to help people in West Africa receive better access to health care. Read More »

Yves-Louis Darricarrère has been appointed to Kosmos Energy's board of directors, Kosmos said recently. Read More »

With the fourth review of its three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed recently, Mali will receive a payout of $5.5 million, bringing the total paid to date from the ECF to about $30 million. Read More »

Jibril Aku, Ecobank Nigeria Limited's managing director, will step down from that post and begin working in another senior role at the bank in early 2016, Ecobank Nigeria said recently. Read More »

A recent report by researchers from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce in the United Arab Emirates contains helpful information for UAE investors looking for economic opportunities in Africa. Read More »