ECOWAS Empowers Women to Drive Regional Growth at 2025 IWD Retreat
Samuel Mobolaji As the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) commemorated 50 years of...
Africa update
AfDB Lowers Africa’s 2025 Growth Outlook Over Global Tariff Tensions
Samuel Mobolaji The African Development Bank (AfDB) has revised downward its 2025 economic growth forecast...
Africa’s Cross-border Payments Market Set to Surge to $1trn by 2035
Africa’s cross-border payments market is on a strong growth trajectory, with projections indicating it will...
AfDB Kicks Off Annual Meeting to Pick New President on Thursday
Samuel Mobolaji The African Development Bank (AfDB) has on Monday kicked off its annual meeting...
Afreximbank Grows Q1 Net Income to $215m, Assets Hit $42.7bn
Samuel Mobolaji African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) reported a strong first-quarter performance for 2025, growing its...
EAAIF Raises $325m Debt Facility To Boost Investments In Emerging Market Infrastructure
The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), managed by Ninety One and part of...
Mobile Momentum: Driving Financial Access and Inclusion in Africa
Africa’s financial landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by a rapid adoption of mobile...
Tinubu Meets Mali’s Ambassador Amid ECOWAS Tensions
President Bola Tinubu has called for improved bilateral relations between Nigeria and Mali. According to him,...
DBN visits AfDB to Benchmark Sustainability and Resilience into Financing
…Through the African Financial Alliance on Climate Change (AFAC), the African Development Bank offers technical...
Africa Welcomes Pope Leo XIV with Joy and Hope
The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), together with the entire Church,...
