Wider Africa Energy Summit (WAES) 2025 to Connect Operators, Service Providers with Emerging African Oil & Gas Opportunities

The WAES is organized by OGV Group in partnership with the African Energy Chamber, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Energy Industries Council, the Scottish African Business Association, the UK Ghana Chamber of Commerce and the Global...

African entrepreneurs extol Turkish-Africa Economic, Business Forum

Jointly organised by the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Türkiye and the African Union Commission Department of Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals, and organized by DEİK, the Türkiye-Africa Business and Economy Forum...

Nigeria Missing as IMF Lists Africa’s Fastest-Growing Economies

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its latest economic outlook for Africa, highlighting several countries that are projected to record strong growth in 2025 — but notably, Nigeria, the continent’s largest economy, is missing from...

How Africa can tackle illicit financial flows

Illicit financial flows (IFFs) continue to be a major obstacle to the development of many African countries, including Ghana and the continent as a whole. Data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Economic...

US aid cuts severely undermine Senegal’s fight against HIV

Mariam, a Senegalese mediator for the NGO Aboya who has been living with HIV since 2007, lowers her head and cries. In recent months, three of the patients she monitored to ensure they took their medication have died. She says that, due to the...

How to build an integrated e-mobility market in Africa

For Africa, e-mobility is no longer an aspiration but an urgent necessity to achieve climate commitments, improve air quality, reduce fuel-price exposure and catalyse new industries in assembly, charging, software and batteries. Africa’s transport...

Rights group calls for urgent financial support to prevent catastrophic closure of Special Criminal Court for CAR

17 october 2025 - 09:13:33 MA 222 Views Panafrican News Agency Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Amnesty Internationl on FRiday called for urgent financial support to prevent the “catastrophic" closure of Special Criminal Court (SCC) for Central African...

Rift Valley fever outbreak kills 33 in Senegal and Mauritania

KIGALI, Rwanda A total of 33 people have died from Rift Valley fever in Senegal and Mauritania since its outbreak in late September, an official of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday. Data released by...

Can sustainable tourism held raise standards and create jobs in Senegal?

With the rich culture and history of its capital, Dakar, its sandy coastline dotted with seaside resorts, picturesque fishing villages, the historic architecture of Saint-Louis – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – and the mangroves, rice fields and...

Reimagining Commercial Underwriting in the Age of AI

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Banks from Egypt, Kenya, and Nigeria dominate Africa’s top 100 banks' ranking for 2025

Egypt has emerged as the standout performer in the latest African Business ranking of Africa’s Top 100 Banks, boasting 17 entries more than any other country, followed by Kenya and Nigeria, which each have 10. According to the 2025 report, the...

CMAS to unlock billions in climate finance for the continent

Africa’s vast natural resources hold enormous potential to drive climate action and sustainable growth, but turning that potential into investment requires collaboration, integrity and readiness. Join our WhatsApp channel for more news updates...

African voices are shaping G20 discussions around international financial architecture reform

“Reforming the global financial architecture” has become a central theme in multilateral discussions. Today’s global financial architecture was designed in 1944 at the Bretton Woods conference, which looked to rebuild postwar Europe. But there was...

IMF chief says acted 'as soon as conditions allowed' on Senegal debt

The IMF acted as soon as it could after discovering that Senegal had misreported more than $11 billion in debt, the head of the international financial institution said Thursday. After taking power last year, Senegal's new government said the...

Carbon Markets Africa Summit to unlock billions in climate finance for the continent

Africa’s vast natural resources hold enormous potential to drive climate action and sustainable growth, but turning that potential into investment requires collaboration, integrity and readiness. From 21 to 23 October, the Carbon Markets Africa...

IMF to send team to Senegal to work on new loan program, Georgieva says

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday that she will send an IMF team to Senegal to discuss a new loan program for the West African country now that a debt misreporting problem has been resolved....

Kozarev, Diouf discuss further Serbia-Senegal cooperation

KAMPALA - Secretary General of the Serbian MFA Dusan Kozarev met with his Senegalese counterpart Khare Diouf in Kampala, Uganda on Wednesday on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement. The...

ECOWAS, World Bank Organise Seminar On International Taxation

A regional seminar on international taxation was held in Accra, Ghana, from September 22nd to 26th, 2025, jointly organized by the World Bank’s EMFTX team and the ECOWAS Commission, with support from regional and international partners. The...

Energy Commission welcomes Senegalese delegation for energy efficiency knowl

The Energy Commission of Ghana recently hosted a delegation from Senegal’s National Lighting Laboratory under the Agence pour l'Économie et la Maîtrise de l'Énergie (AEME) as part of a one-day knowledge exchange visit focused on energy efficiency...

World Bank urges Africa on electricity access for job creation

BY SAM OTUONYE The World Bank has said that access to affordable and reliable electricity could unlock Africa’s job creation potential, transform economies, and lift millions out of poverty. In a new blog post titled ‘Switching on Opportunity: How...