The Republic Of Guinea Updates Its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) And Reveals A Structural Growth Of 51.2%, Confirming The Country’s Economic Strength
The Republic of Guinea has completed a major rebasing of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) under the supervision of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation. This revision, carried out with the support of the IMF, the World Bank, the African Development Bank, and AFRISTAT, shows a […]
GreenBii Launches Software 2.0: A Smarter, Faster, And More Powerful User Experience For African SMEs
With GreenBii 2.0, African SMEs will be introduced to a new dual-architecture system that gives businesses flexibility and scalability at every stage of growth. GreenBii, the #1 Business Management Platform for African SMEs, has announced the launch of its software 2.0, a major product evolution designed to power African SMEs with integrated financial tools, intelligent […]
FSDEA And TDB Group Sign Cooperation Agreement To Bolster Angola’s Export Capacity And Infrastructure Financing Via A Novel Facility
The Angola Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSDEA) and the Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at establishing the Angola Export and Trade Development Facility — a new vehicle designed to stimulate exports, attract regional capital, and strengthen Angola’s role in Africa’s trade and industrial transformation. More specifically, […]
Investing In South Africa’s Brightest: How Quality Education Transforms Communities
As South Africa prepares to observe National Children’s Day on 1 November, the question every boardroom, policymaker, and family should be asking is: how are we investing in our children’s potential? For the Ruta Sechaba Foundation, the answer has become increasingly clear. “Quality education for disadvantaged learners is not a cost – it is the […]
JLL’s Tourism Readiness Index, Commissioned by Africa’s Eden, Charts Investment Roadmap For Southern Africa
Proven benchmarking tool, applied in over 200 destinations, identifies four countries as “Dawning Developers” poised for sustainable growth. Africa’s Eden Tourism Association (Africa’s Eden), in partnership with JLL and the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), unveiled a strategic roadmap to accelerate sustainable tourism growth across four countries in Southern Africa. The findings are based […]
IFC expands local-currency lending in Africa
The World Bank’s private investment arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), is significantly expanding its local-currency lending across Africa. This strategic move aims to solve a critical bottleneck: helping promising projects grow large enough to attract major global asset managers, such as BlackRock, which typically avoid investing in assets less than $1 billion. With concessional finance shrinking […]
Nigerians push back on Trump’s military threat
A recent threat from former President Donald Trump to potentially launch US military action in Nigeria has been met with widespread pushback from Nigerians across religious divides. Trump cited the need to stop the “killing of Christians,” but local leaders from both faiths were quick to correct this oversimplification. They emphasize that the nation’s complex conflicts, often […]
Guinea’s military chief launches presidential bid
Gen Mamadi Doumbouya, Guinea’s military ruler since a 2021 coup, has entered next month’s presidential race, breaking his earlier promise to hand power to a civilian government. Doumbouya filed his candidacy at the Supreme Court, flanked by soldiers, but made no public statement. The election excludes major opposition parties RPG Arc en Ciel and UFDG, raising concerns […]
G20 proposes watchdog to tackle wealth disparity
A G20 taskforce set up by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is urging the establishment of an international panel to address what experts are calling a global “inequality emergency.” The Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality, chaired by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, highlighted alarming disparities in a new report: the richest 1% have captured 41% […]
Uli and Nsibidi inspire modern African tattoos
Emmanuel Item, a Nigerian-Austrian tattoo artist, has transformed his passion for drawing into a celebration of African heritage. Inspired by traditional Nigerian art forms, he draws on Uli and Nsibidi designs, centuries-old motifs once used for body decoration, murals, and communication. Through annual trips to his ancestral village of Afikpo, Item studies fabrics, architecture, and traditional […]
