Tag: Africa

Stax, a universal money app developed by Hover Developer Services, Inc. to enable users across Africa to access their bank accounts, and mobile wallets in one place without using mobile data, has received $500,000 from the Stellar Development Foundation’s (SDF) […]

Introduction The African Continental free trade area “AfCFTA” is a tremendous opportunity not only for “turbo-charge” development but also for the creation of regional public goods, in particular infrastructure, which will allow Africa to have a prosperous and sustainable future. […]

22 February 2021, Johannesburg –  Pan African Law Conglomerate, Centurion Law Group is pleased to have acted as local counsel to Panoro Energy ASA (Panoro) on the $105 million purchase of all Tullow Oil PLC (Tullow) assets in Equatorial Guinea. […]

FINTECH.TV’s global expansion continues with FINTECH.TV Africa is launching in October.  The 20-minute business program covers exponential leaders in fintech, blockchain, and ESG investment sectors. The show will be hosted by Irene Kiwia, a tech entrepreneur and well-known television host […]

Johannesburg, September 7th, 2020: Centurion Law Group is delighted to announce the launch and opening of its lawyers-on-demand service Centurion Plus in Mozambique. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Mozambique remains in the top 15 of the fastest growing economies this year, and […]

2020 is a year most of us are not likely to forget. For some, this meant cancelled flights, and familiarity with the word “Zoom” beyond the function of a camera lens; for others, job loss, and even business closure. It […]

Johannesburg, 28 July 2020:  African athletes, along with the continent’s entertainment, sports, advertising, and media industries are important to the regional and the global economy.  In order to further support the rapidly growing sports & entertainment industry across Africa, Centurion […]

The deal will stimulate global partnerships in Africa for IMPACT driven companies and startups. Expand FINTECH.TV broadcast base to African viewers and share African news stories to global audiences.  Create dialogue points amongst IMPACT-driven stakeholders, emphasizing the voices of women […]

Bringing global readers legal news, analysis and insights from all major markets around the world New York, NY – January 27, 2020 – ALM today announced the launch of Law.com International and their further expansion of legal coverage beyond the […]

Dec 23 2019 – The year 2019 was a year of exciting firsts for the African Development Bank Group. The year was marked by innovation and several new milestones that brought us closer to the “Africa we want.” The Bank […]

By PRESS RELEASE     Credit: AFDB MADRID, Spain, Dec 13 2019 – There was standing room only as ministers, diplomats, activists and journalists gathered at the IFEMA conference centre in Madrid to mark Africa Day at the COP 25 […]

By PRESS RELEASE Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Dec 3 2019 – The African Development Bank and technology firm Microsoft today launched the ‘Coding for Employment’ digital training platform, an online tool to provide digital skills to African youth, wherever they are […]

By PRESS RELEASE   ‘There is no template to follow…we (women) can deliver but we can deliver differently” – President Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia ‘We are making sure that narrowing this gender gap is everyone’s responsibility,’ President Paul Kagame […]

By PRESS RELEASE   “What a man can do, a woman can do just as well,” Jeannette Kagame, First Lady of Rwanda “History will judge us if we don’t work together to take action now,” Chief Executive Officer of the […]

• $500 million equity closed for the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund to speed up investments in agriculture • Financial close for the Africa Guarantee Fund $175 Equity transaction to support Small and Medium Size Enterprises, and $350 million for South Africa’s […]

  ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Oct 17 2019 – In just a few weeks, the second edition of the annual Africa Investment Forum will kick off in Johannesburg, South Africa, with development finance institutions determined to tackle the continent’s infrastructure investment challenges […]

ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Oct 17 2019 – In just a few weeks, the second edition of the annual Africa Investment Forum will kick off in Johannesburg, South Africa, with development finance institutions determined to tackle the continent’s infrastructure investment challenges […]

Africa’s Legal Elite Recognised in Johannesburg   Johannesburg, South Africa – 6 September, 2019 – On the evening of Friday, September 6th, ALM’s Legal Week announced the winners of the 2019 African Legal Awards at a ceremony held at The […]