Yearly Archives: 2017
ADB boosts Gabon with $238m
The African Development Bank has started fulfilling its promise to disburse 1.5 billion US dollars to help boost economic recovery in Gabon between 2017...
South Africa issues $2.5bn bond
South Africa has issued a pair of dollar bonds in overseas capital markets worth $2.5 billion. This to help finance its foreign currency commitments,...
South Africa issues $2.5bn bond
Hong Kong-based insurer AIA Group Ltd is close to acquiring Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) insurance business which is likely to be valued at...
Union Bank sells $159.24m
Nigeria’s Union Bank has begun a share sale to existing shareholders to raise 50 billion naira ($159.24 mln) after it received regulatory approval, the...
Franco-phone Africa rejects CFA
Thousands of demonstrators on Saturday took to the streets in several French-speaking African cities, calling the Pan-African Emergency Movement to say no to the...
Complete abandoned projects – govts told
The non attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) more so as it affects the developing nations prompted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be adopted by...
Fashion designer took bold step to attract crowd funding
One innovative African fashion designer based in the United Kingdom dares to be different with her abstract print skirts by Imhotep International.
Dawn James-Okonkwo is...
Military drills intensify about N. Korea
The U.S. military staged bombing drills with South Korea over the Korean peninsula and Russia and China began naval exercises ahead of a U.N....
South Korea aids $8m via UN to Kim Jong Un
South Korea on Thursday approved a plan to provide $8 million in aid to North Korea via UN agencies as it seeks to handle...
IPOB is proscribed
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday granted the Nigerian Government an interim injunction proscribing the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra...
