London, United Kingdom// — Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has successfully raised US$500 million through a 5-year Reg S Only senior unsecured Eurobond, achieving the tightest pricing ever secured by the Corporation on a 5-year US dollar benchmark transaction.
Accra, Ghana//– Newmont has supported the University of Ghana Health Services at Legon with a donation of essential medical equipment valued at over GHS 290,000, reinforcing its commitment to safety and strengthening healthcare delivery in Ghana.
Cairo, Egypt/// — African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) and the Government of the Republic of South Africa, through the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (“the dtic”), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that seeks to advance South Africa’s industrial development, trade expansion and regional integration.
ACCRA: Recent political shifts in the UK spark tense debates about looming policy changes between London and Accra, including the UK–Ghana Trade Partnership Agreement, immigration and visa policies.
Africa & Switzerland//- Africa’s blockchain industry is entering a new phase of economic relevance, according to the fifth edition of the CV VC African Blockchain Report, published in association with Absa Group.
/ — The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) concluded its 2026 Development Forum and Golden Jubilee commemoration by launching two major development initiatives and advancing more than $2.8 billion in new financing, partnerships and development programs across its partner countries.
Egypt// — African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has launched the 2026 edition of its flagship African Trade Report themed “Leveraging Geopolitics for Trade and Industrialisation in Global Africa.”
Cairo, Egypt// — African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has signed a US$500 million term loan facility with the Central Bank of Tunisia on behalf of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tunisia, to support the country in the execution of its key socio-economic priorities.
Washington, US//—The World Bank today approved IDA financing of $300 million for the Ghana Secondary Education Transformation for Access, Relevance, and Results for Jobs (STARR-J) Project, which will expand access to quality secondary education and equip more young people with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to transition to higher education and enter the labour […]
Kigali, Rwanda// — Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) (www.AfricaBusinessHeroes.org), the flagship philanthropic initiative of the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Philanthropy, has unveiled its 2026 Top 100 entrepreneurs, selected from more than 24,000 applications from all 54 African countries.
