Ethiopia has requested the United States to restore its status under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that allows the East African nation to access the U.S. market with duty free goods.

As the countdown to the 2024 Africa International Investment Summit and Trade Exhibition (AITE), holding in September in New York and Atlanta, Georgia, begins, the confirmation that First Bank, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana says that the new Jamestown Fishing Harbour will create jobs and empower the domestic economy. Inaugurating the facility, the President said that apart ...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has ranked Ghana as a Tier One entity on the 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) which was released last Friday. Ghana scored 99.27 per cent on the ...

Several districts of the Senegalese capital Dakar were suddenly cut off from the electricity supply in the middle of the day, with disturbances reported for several hours. Other parts of the country ...

Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, Somalia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, over the weekend was quoted as saying that “If the Ethiopian government is pushing the effort to implement the agreement with Somaliland, his ...

The United States over the weekend announced that it wil not recognise Ethiopia’s port access deal with Somaliland, and called for a diplomatic resolution of ongoing tensions with neighbouring Somalia ...

The Director General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mr. Segun Ajayi-Kadir, has faulted the proposed nationwide ban on single-use plastics, warning the ban portends doom for many ...

The ECOWAS Gender Development Center (EGDC), has launched the Gender Equality Seal for Public Institutions (GES-PI), after the capacity building workshop for the ECOWAS Gender Equality Committee (GEC) ...

The MSME Financing Gateway, a revolutionary digital platform tailored to address the unique challenges faced by MSMEs in securing financing was also launched in Kenya. The International Trade Centre ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of Pravin Gordhan, a lifelong activist and former Minister of Public Enterprises, who died on Friday at the age of 75 ...

The ECOWAS Gender Development Centre (EGDC) has launched the ECOWAS Gender Observatory (ECOGO) and the EGDC’s programmes in Accra, Ghana on September 6, 2024 with support from USAID’s Strengthening ...