Cairo, Egypt, September 3, 2018//- The Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation of Egypt and COMESA Regional Investment Agency today confirmed over 2,000 business leaders, leaders of governments, among others will participate in this year’s Africa Forum.
Category: Economy
Ghana-VW Agreement: Indigenous Automobile Assembling Firm Catches Cold
Accra, Ghana, September 3, 2018//-Kantanka Automobile Company Limited, the only automobile assembling firm in Ghana has expressed misgivings at the swiftness with which the government agreed to the proposal of German automobile company Volkswagen (VW).
Top 50 Brands: Dangote Now the Most Valuable Brand in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria, September 3, 2018/ — Nigeria’s Dangote has emerged the most valuable brand among the top 50 brands in Nigeria for 2018.
Nigeria, Germany Sign Pacts on Agric, Commerce
August 31, 2018//-Nigeria and Germany on Friday in Abuja signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) in agriculture and commerce.
Land Redistribution in South Africa, Trump’s Tweet and US-Africa Policy
August 31, 2018//-United States President Donald Trump’s incendiary August 22 tweet, contending that white farmers are being killed on a “large scale” in South Africa and that farms and other lands are being expropriated, has become part of his well-known toolkit for boosting appeal among his political base while sowing racial discord at home and abroad.
Prof Gyimah-Boadi: Ghana Yet to Achieve Sustain Inclusive Economic Dev’t
Accra, Ghana, August 31, 2018//-A renowned Ghanaian political scientist, Professor Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi says Ghana is yet to achieve a meaningful sustain inclusive economic and social development after practicing democracy for many years.
Akufo-Addo Hails VW’s Decision To Set-Up Assembly Plant in Ghana
Accra, Ghana, August 30, 2018//-Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has welcomed the decision by German car manufacturing giant, Volkswagen, to establish a vehicle assembly plant in Ghana.
U.S. Ambassador: Society That Can’t Feed Its people Is A Failure
August 30, 2018//-W. Stuart Symington, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, has said that any society that cannot figure out where its people can find food is a failed society.
UK PM Announces Ambition for UK to be Largest G7 Investor in Africa by 2022
London, United Kingdom, August 29, 2018/ — The government has set a new ambition for the UK to be the largest G7 investor in Africa by 2022, the Prime Minister has announced as part of a visit to promote economic ties with the continent.
Security Beefed Up As British Prime Minister Visits Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria, August 29, 2018//-Security has been beefed up at the Murtala Muhammed Airports, Ikeja, ahead of the British Prime Minister, Mrs Theresa May’s visit to Lagos on Wednesday.