IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has helped Partech Ventures launch a €100 million fund that is expected…
African Union Launches Single African Air Transport Market
The African Union launched the Single African Air Transport Market on the 28 January 2018 on the margins of the…
The EU and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Invest €100 million for Health Innovations in Africa
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced their commitment to contribute to the EU’s External Investment Plan. The Gates…
Brookings’ 2018 Foresight Africa Report Emphasizes Domestic Resource Mobilization
In this year’s Foresight Africa, Africa Growth Initiative (AGI) scholars and invited experts delve deeply into six overarching themes that…
New World Bank Report Predicts Significant Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa in 2018
The World Bank forecasts global economic growth to edge up to 3.1 percent in 2018 after a much stronger-than-expected 2017,…
Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Summit Holds in Kenya
Kenya will host the Africa Climate Smart Agriculture Summit which provides an opportunity for cross-sector networking and knowledge exchange that…
New I&P fund to invest in Sub-Saharan African startups
Investment firm Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) has announced a first closing of over EUR50 million (US$59 million) for its IPAE…
AfDB Invest US$20 million in Clean Energy Private Equity Fund
As part of its wider mandate under the New Deal on Energy for Africa, the Board of Directors of the…
World Bank to fund $600 million Tanzania-DRC railway
The World Bank is set to release US $600m for a railway project to facilitate trade in East and Central…
Six African Countries Join the Global Financing Facility
The Global Financing Facility in support of Every Woman Every Child (GFF) announced at its board meeting in Maputo, Mozambique…
