Coffee: Brazil’s Pain, Africa’s Gain
As Brazil faces drought that will negatively its coffee bean harvest, world coffee bean prices have shot up. The region
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EU Pledges €1.1B to Support AfCFTA and Enhance EU-AU Economic Cooperation
On 14 October 2023, during a high-level dialogue in Addis Ababa co-chaired by Jutta Urpilainen, EU Commissioner for International Partnerships,
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Yapi Merkezi Wins $3B Bid to Build Rail to Link Uganda with Kenya
On 14 October 2024, the Uganda Government and Turkish Civil Works Contractor Yapi Merkezi signed a contract to build a
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EIB Backs Akagera with €2M to Develop Vaccine Manufacturing in Rwanda
On the sidelines of the World Health Summit in Berlin on 14 October 2024, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced
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AfDB and TSC Support Nigeria to Implement Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones
On 11 October 2024, a high-level dialogue took place at the AfDB office in Abuja regarding the implementation of Special
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AfCFTA is Contributing to Double Africa’s GDP to Over $6T by 2035
The #AfCFTA Business Forum has been rebranded as Biashara Afrika 2024 (#BA2024), where Biashara is a Swahili word for business,
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AfDB and AFD Partner to Boost Youth Entrepreneurship in Cote d’Ivoire
On 12 October 2024, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) joined hands to give
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Nyerere Dam to be Commissioned by End 2024
The Julius Nyerere Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) is nearing completed and is expected to go online by the end of
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Rio Tinto Disburses $6.7B for Arcadium Lithium
On 9 October 2024, Rio Tinto announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Arcadium Lithium at USD 5.85
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Barrick Gold Uncovers Significant Deposits at Kibali Mine in DRC
On 8 October 2024, Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD, TSX: ABX) announced that it has discovered ‘new significant deposits’ around its
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