The Organization for Cooperation and Economic Development (OECD) and the West African country of Mali will hold an international conference Thursday to discuss the peace and reconciliation agreement that was signed in June. The event will be held at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris and attended by government and private sector representatives and international partners. Read More »

Togo and United States have announced the establishment of a bilateral Open Sky agreement between the two countries. Read More »

Ericsson has announced the signing of its first managed rural coverage deal with MTN Berlin, bringing mobile coverage as a service to parts of central and northern Benin. Read More »

Lifting Businesses manufacturer Konecranes has received an order for 13 Rubber Tired Gantry (RTG) cranes from Bolloré Group. Read More »

The first building order is for the design, supply and supervision of an 8,500-square-meter manufacturing and services plant for General Electric-Emerald Oil & Gas in Calabar, Nigeria. The second building will be located in Anyama, Ivory Coast. About $6 million, the project includes buildings for a new Heineken brewery and is anticipated to be completed sometime in 2016. Read More »

CR2's BankWorld omnichannel suite has been selected to manage self-service bank software for Access Bank. Read More »

Savary Gold Corp., which oversees the Karankasso Project Joint Venture of Sarama Resources Ltd. and Savary, declared a maiden Inferred Mineral Resource estimate of 671,000 ounces of contained gold at the Karankasso Project JV in the West African nation of Burkina Faso Oct.8. Additionally, Savary as well as independent consultants conducted geological modeling work at the site. Read More »

Samsung Electronics launched its Galaxy Note 5, its newest smartphone, Oct. 7 in Nigeria. The device features a S-Pen, a suit of apps, a curved backside and 4GB of RAM. Due to the extended memory, apps work in the fastest memory available. The S-Pen comes with a clicky top and a nib, similar to ballpoint pens and also allows users to write without unlocking the device. Read More »

Ghana became an official OECD Development Centre member on Oct. 6, making it the 50th country to join the organization, which finds policy solutions to promote growth and boost life quality in emerging economies. As a member, Ghana will engage in the OECD Development Centre’s lead initiatives, such as the policy dialogue on Natural Resource-based Development. Read More »

Organized by the government of Ghana, the ECOWAS Commission as well as AME trade, ECOMOF promotes and develops the mining and petroleum potentials in the ECOWAS region. During the forum, participants engaged in interactive workshops, an industry conference with plenary and parallel sessions, roundtables, country presentations and technical tours. ECOMOF will be held every two years. Read More »

Everjobs will extend its online employment website to include 20 African countries by the end of 2016. The expansion is needed to provide African SMEs with access to the best talents, which Eric Lauer, CEO of Everjobs Uganda, said is currently not available. Lauer also spoke to the aggressive rate his company is growing in staff and gave projections about internal employment. Read More »

Online classified company OLX Nigeria celebrated three years in operation by hosting its top car dealers at Rooftop restaurant in Victoria Island, Lagos, Oct. 6. During the anniversary event, OLX managers reinforced the company's commitment to investing in innovation in order to improve its services in the region and spoke to their contribution to the e-commerce market. Read More »

Eutelsat Communications has announced a partnership with Facebook that aims to improve satellite technologies and increase Internet access in Africa. In an agreement with Spacecom, the companies will use the the Amos-6 satellite and develop a system with satellite capacity, gateways and terminals. The project is expected to start in 2016. Read More »

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 »