Telco giant MTN reshaping presence in Africa with key exits
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MTN is divesting its stakes in Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry to Telecel.
The telco giant will now shift more focus on rising markets...
Equity Bank Dividend on a record $114m despite profit dip
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Equity Bank dividend payout of $0.03 (KES4) per share will amount to a 36 per cent payout of the regional lender’s...
Karcher expands in Kenya through a $3 million investment
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Early last year, another German shoe line announced an investment of $2.66 million to expand its presence in Kenya by 2025.
The...
Remembering the Past, Celebrating the Future: MIPAD announces Class of 2024 Global Top 100...
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New York, USA, 26 March 2024, /African Media Agency/– Today, we commemorate both the UN International Day of Remembrance of the...
Labor Ministry to fine Bea Mountain
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Located in Grand Cape Mount County, western Liberia, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation has been in a series of violent conflicts with...
LERC launches regulatory database management system
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Authorities say the regulatory database management system will ensure reliability, accuracy, and integrity in quality-of-service monitoring as part of strategies to...
Spending Unlimited – FPIF
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The White House released its budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2025 on March 11th, and the news was depressingly familiar: $895...
Equity Group to pay record $114 million in dividends
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Equity Bank dividend payout of $0.03 (KES4) per share will amount to a 36 per cent payout of the regional lender’s...
Cross-border commerce to better Pan-African trade
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Cross-border commerce brings forth many advantages that extend far beyond mere economic enrichment.
These advantages encompass various facets of societal development, from...
Under President Samia Hassan, a new economic dawn emerges
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In 2022, investments in Tanzania rose by $3.16 billion between July and November.
Currently, Tanzania has stable economic diplomatic relations with global...
BRICS bank readies to disburse $5 billion in loans this year
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BRICS’ owned New Development Bank (NDB) was set up in 2015 by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
The multilateral lender...
Unfair and additional Burden! – Liberia news The New Dawn Liberia, premier resource for...
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By Lincoln G. Peters
Monrovia, March 27, 2024: Two business groups in Liberia have described a third-party engagement charge of 1.2% on imported...
Air Tanzania launches a second boeing 737-9 Max aircraft
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Air Tanzania has received Boeing 737-9 Max, its second aircraft from the US carrier manufacturer.
A second Boeing 737-9 Max symbolizes Tanzania’s...
Firestone is world’s first natural rubber farm to earn ISCC PLUS recognition
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 12, 2024—Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) proudly announces that its Firestone Liberia natural rubber growing and processing facility has become...
Kenya Airways trims net loss to $172m despite revenue surge
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Kenya Airways losses for FY2023 have majorly stemmed from FX fluctuations.
Despite the heightened operating costs, Kenya Airways achieved an operating profit...
What if oil disappeared tomorrow?
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If oil disappeared tomorrow, thousands of petroleum-based products would vanish with it.
If oil disappeared tomorrow, it would be catastrophic for health...
Kenya and Tanzania partner to fight counterfeits
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Kenya and Tanzania are working together to reintroduce the 2011 Anti-Counterfeiting Bill that collapsed at the East African Legislative Assembly.
This law...
The expansion of Pan-African trade
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Cross-border commerce brings forth a multitude of advantages that extend far beyond mere economic enrichment.
These advantages encompass various facets of societal...
CFAO Group invests $3m in BasiGo
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Electric bus company, BasiGo has secured $3 million (Sh396 million) worth of equity funding from CFAO Group to scale up electric...
Foodtech startups championing food security in Africa
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Foodtech startups are leading a movement that aims to enhance food security and transform African agriculture into a model of economic viability...
US$96M Solar farm to boost electricity here
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Solutions to Liberia’s age-old electricity problem may be near than ever thought, as the World Bank and the Government project US$96...
Unjust Wars and a Just Peace
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The three major wars or conflicts that are ongoing today demonstrate the volatility of the intersection between the local and the...
Africa: If oil disappeared tomorrow
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If oil disappeared tomorrow, thousands of petroleum based-products would vanish with it.
If oil disappeared tomorrow, it would be catastrophic for health...
Ecobank’s new appointments to drive 5-year growth and transformation strategy
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Ecobank’s new appointments have combined the commercial and the consumer businesses, under the leadership of Anup Suri.
Martin Miruka joins Ecobank as...