On the dedicated Finance Day of COP28, the Right Honourable Andrew Mitchell MP, Minister of State of the United Kingdom for Development and Africa, joined Kenyan government and stakeholder representatives in the UK Pavilion to celebrate progress on the newly incorporated Dhamana Guarantee Company Limited (Dhamana).

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a leading development finance institution in Africa, launched the report titled 'How Africa Can Unlock World’s Most Promising Net Zero Solution', today at the Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum during COP28. 

Cairo, 03 December 2023: – The President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Oramah, today in Cairo received the FORBES AFRICA magazine 2023 Person of The Year award.

Fasken acted for EBRD on the US$100 million project financing facility to Aya Gold & Silver Inc. for the upgrade and expansion of the Zgounder silver mine in the High Atlas mountains of Morocco.

Join BCG CEO Christoph Schweizer to kick off BCG’s LinkedIn Live series hosted on the ground at COP28, as he discusses some of the biggest climate challenges facing our world and how a broad variety of stakeholders must come together to drive impact.

Afreximbank) and King’s College London have signed a memorandum of agreement that sets the stage for initiating a scoping study that will determine the feasibility of their plan to jointly establish of a state-of-the-art medical and nursing school alongside the African Medical Centre of Excellence in Abuja, Nigeria.

Tanzania’s Mo Dewji, Invest Africa Advisory Board member and one of the most ambitious entrepreneurs in Africa, has set his expansion sights on Kigali, Rwanda. He recently announced a $100m investment plan for the country.

On December 6, Global Citizen, pgLang, and Kendrick Lamar are coming to Rwanda to debut Move Afrika – the opening event of a first-of-its-kind music tour across the continent of Africa.

Gareth Mills, partner, and John Olatunji, associate, both in the commercial dispute resolution team of law firm Charles Russell Speechlys examine Nigeria’s new ADR landscape.

Almost three years after securing an unprecedented extension of time to proceed with its substantive fraud challenge, the English Court has today handed down a landmark judgment confirming that Nigeria has been successful in challenging the colossal $11 billion award made against Nigeria in 2017.

Gemcorp Capital, a global asset management firm specialising in emerging markets, has unveiled plans for an inaugural investment fund for Saudi Arabia.

African countries have been urged to seize the opportunity presented with industrialization which could see the continent’s GDP grow by 20 per cent. CNBC Africa spoke to AFC President and CEO, Samaila Zubairu at the on-going Africa Investment Forum in Morocco.

Africa GreenCo Group, through its Zambian-based operating company GreenCo Power Services Limited (together GreenCo), is thrilled to announce the successful execution of a System Operations Agreement (SOA) with the Zambian National Power Utility, ZESCO Limited.

This week Miranda & Associados bring you news on power generation in Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique, progress in the negotiation of the Greater Sunrise Project in Timor-Leste, international recognition of the work carried out by Miranda Allliance, and other major developments in our jurisdictions.

New FinTech platforms have played a critical role in recent years in improving financial inclusion in Africa. This trend is set to continue with their growth potential unlocking greater economic prosperity. 

TAQA Dalbit has announced the commissioning of Tanzania’s first integrated Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Filling Station and Conversion Center branded “Master gas” located at Pugu Road-Airport Area in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Liquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a strategic partnership with Google Cloud in Africa.

The Guaranty Trust Fashion Weekend is a consumer-focused fashion exhibition and capacity-building event that aims to promote enterprise within the fast-growing Nigerian Fashion Industry.

The October Edition of Addleshaw Goaddard’s Africa business newsletter includes: an overview of the current arbitration landscape in Africa, highlights of the latest trends and developments in Africa-related arbitrations, and a list of selected matters and references that our teams have recently handled.

Recent years have seen a hardening of the insurance markets, having a significant impact on underwriting criteria and reinsurance renewals through reduced market capacity with onerous and more costlier terms, than ever before.