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European Investment Bank and UNICEF partnership

European Investment Bank and UNICEF partnership

by Caroline Muriuki

January 29, 2020

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and UNICEF announced a new partnership aimed at increasing access to quality education and protecting...

Kenya and Ghana ranks high in receiving foreign remittances in Africa

Kenya and Ghana ranks high in receiving foreign remittances in Africa

January 29, 2020

UK's CDC to use US$39.2 million investment for SMEs in West Africa

UK’s CDC to use US$39.2 million investment for SMEs in West Africa

January 29, 2020

Ethiopian brewer to use IFC's €50m for more barley

Ethiopian brewer to use IFC’s €50m for more barley

January 29, 2020

Ride the wave of the African Continental Free Trade Area, urges Adesina

Ride the wave of the African Continental Free Trade Area, urges Adesina

January 29, 2020

Trending Stories

Lagan Group to spearhead $250m Ugandan business park project

Lagan Group to spearhead $250m Kampala Industrial Business Park

January 23, 2020

A graphic showing the different countries and their status in regard to the AfCFTA. Gambia has become the 22nd nation to approve the AfCFTA giving the AU the minimum threshold for the agreement to come into force. www.theexchange.africa

Tool tackling trade barriers taking AfCFTA to the next level

January 27, 2020

Nigeria exempts food from VAT

Nigeria exempts food from VAT

January 24, 2020

Industry and Trade

Jasco partnership with Icolo Nairobi Data centre

January 22, 2020

Editor's Pick

The Kasarani Stadium. Safaricom is sponsoring the first edition of the National Youth Deaf Athletics Championships to be held at the Stadium on Thursday and Friday this week. www.theexchange.africa

The cost of keeping Kenya’s companies visible, memorable

January 20, 2020

Maize flour. The IMF is pushing the government to increase prices to salvage Kenya’s economy which is pushed down by debt. www.theexchange.africa

Will IMF succeed making Kenya increase basic commodity prices?

January 18, 2020

Why the insurance sector is nosediving

Why kill the goose that lays the golden egg?

January 16, 2020

Industry & Trade

Ethiopian brewer to use IFC's €50m for more barley

Ethiopian brewer to use IFC’s €50m for more barley

January 29, 2020

Competition stiffens as Tigo unveils cross network flat tariff calling rates

Competition stiffens as Tigo unveils cross network flat tariff calling rates

January 29, 2020

Barrick to gain up to $280 million after gold export ban was lifted

January 28, 2020

TradeMark East Africa injects US$2.7M funding for construction of Mbaraki-Nyerere Road with the Mombasa County Government

TMEA to finance construction of Mbaraki-Nyerere Road

January 28, 2020

Create global partnerships, manufacturers urged

Create global partnerships, manufacturers urged

January 28, 2020

Israel starts exporting natural gas to Egypt

Israel starts exporting natural gas to Egypt

January 27, 2020

Investing

European Investment Bank and UNICEF partnership

European Investment Bank and UNICEF partnership

January 29, 2020

UK's CDC to use US$39.2 million investment for SMEs in West Africa

UK’s CDC to use US$39.2 million investment for SMEs in West Africa

January 29, 2020

Ride the wave of the African Continental Free Trade Area, urges Adesina

Ride the wave of the African Continental Free Trade Area, urges Adesina

January 29, 2020

Equatorial Guinea launches Year of Investment 2020 Campaign

Equatorial Guinea launches Year of Investment 2020 Campaign

January 29, 2020

Mergers & Acquisition

Tanzania’s race for billions via minerals trading centers

Tanzania pulled into mining dispute with three miners.

by Padili Mikomangwa

January 21, 2020

The Tanzanian government has found itself within mining dispute after three mining companies operating in the country, over various mining...

Markets

Money Deals

Zimbabwe-China currency swap

Zimbabwe-China currency swap

Zimbabwe signed a currency swap deal with China, hoping to...

by Caroline Muriuki

January 29, 2020

ATMs and cash. With internet access and mobile payments well known, investing in Uganda’s e-commerce will require the government’s and all stakeholders’ input due to the importance of the ICT sector for e-government and e-commerce www.exchange.co.tz

Cost of banking sees Kenyan banks lose customers

For poor households, the cost of running an account makes...

by Njenga Hakeenah

January 10, 2020

European Union funding for Morocco showing limited value so far, say Auditors

European Union funding for Morocco showing limited value

European Union (EU) financial aid for Morocco for the year...

by Caroline Muriuki

December 13, 2019

Highlights

European Investment Bank and UNICEF partnership

Kenya and Ghana ranks high in receiving foreign remittances in Africa

UK’s CDC to use US$39.2 million investment for SMEs in West Africa

Ethiopian brewer to use IFC’s €50m for more barley

Ride the wave of the African Continental Free Trade Area, urges Adesina

Equatorial Guinea launches Year of Investment 2020 Campaign

South Africa’s rand steady amidst Coronavirus outbreak gitters

Competition stiffens as Tigo unveils cross network flat tariff calling rates

Acknowledging the growing hotel industry in West Africa

Barrick to gain up to $280 million after gold export ban was lifted

Trending Posts

Why kill the goose that lays the golden egg?

January 16, 2020

Tanzania pulled into mining dispute with three miners.

January 21, 2020

Industry and Trade

Desert locusts , if not contained pose a threat to EAC’s food security – FAO

January 23, 2020

Renewable Energy. Kenya targets to attain 100 per cent transition to green energy by 2020 as it scales up investment in renewable energy www.theexchange.africa

Kenya’s US$40 billion opportunity for private sector investors

January 24, 2020

It is almost impossible to become wealthy from a salary. Many people are moving to supplement their salaries by getting involved in ‘side hustles’ where they can make extra cash. www.theexchange.africa

Your money rots when you keep it in the bank

January 24, 2020

Opinion

Telecom 2020 – Africa

January 29, 2020

Telecom 2020 - Africa

Christoph Fitih, Director Sales: Africa at Parallel Wireless, predicts that open minds and fair trade will play a leading role...

Tech & Biz

Is Improving digital access the silver bullet for Africa?

Tech & Business

Is Improving digital access the silver bullet for Africa?

by Kawira Mutisya

January 27, 2020

Investing in the improvement of digital access in Africa, could be the silver bullet to achieving the SDGs, a recent...

Rwanda launches campaign to collect 1M smartphones

Tech & Business

Rwanda launches campaign to collect 1M smartphones

by Caroline Muriuki

January 22, 2020

Rwanda launched a campaign to collect one million smartphones to increase access to phones. With the country's smartphone penetration at...

Digitization is bringing new opportunities to Africa with the continent becoming the next frontier for internet-based e-commerce solutions. Africa’s 21 million online shoppers have inspired the Nairobi e-commerce conference organised by UNCTAD. www.theexchange.africa

Ghanaian digital payments company partners with Visa targeting 180M Africans

by Njenga Hakeenah

December 18, 2019

Remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa are set to increase by over 5.6 per cent between 2019 and 2020

South Africa defence industry eyes Egyptian market

South Africa defence industry eyes Egyptian market

by Caroline Muriuki

December 17, 2019

South African Aerospace, Maritime, and Defence Export Council (SAAMDEC) CEO Sandile Ndlovu urged the South Africa defence industry to cultivate...

Investing

European Investment Bank and UNICEF partnership

European Investment Bank and UNICEF partnership

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and UNICEF announced a new...

by Caroline Muriuki

January 29, 2020

Kenya and Ghana ranks high in receiving foreign remittances in Africa

Kenya and Ghana ranks high in receiving foreign remittances in Africa

Leading mobile payments company WorldRemit saw a 43% growth in...

by Kimani Chege

January 29, 2020

UK's CDC to use US$39.2 million investment for SMEs in West Africa

UK’s CDC to use US$39.2 million investment for SMEs in West Africa

CDC Group, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, has announced...

by Kimani Chege

January 29, 2020

Must Read

South Africa set for increase in tourist arrivals from India

South Africa set for increase in tourist arrivals from India.

January 22, 2020

The GSMA Certification signals safer, transparent and reliable means of sending and receiving money by the mobile phone carrier’s users.

MTN Cameroon gets mobile money accreditation

January 21, 2020

Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta (R) and Yoweri Museveni. Kenya and Uganda, two members of the East African Community (EAC) are embroiled in a tussle after Kenya seized products from Uganda. www.theexchange.africa

Kenyatta’s decree sparks diplomatic tiff with Uganda

January 17, 2020

Ethiopian Airline’s CEO reveals new airport underway

Ethiopian Airline’s CEO reveals new airport underway

January 22, 2020

Nigeria to benefit from a $732 million Broadband Project

Nigeria to benefit from a $732 million Broadband Project

January 11, 2020

US restricts tobacco imports from Malawi over labour abuses

US restricts tobacco imports from Malawi

January 22, 2020

Mergers & Acqusition

MMC Africa Law has teamed up with Africa’s international law firm ASAFO & CO to form MMC ASAFO, in a merger likely to shake the continental space.

How merged law firms plan to take on Africa

November 11, 2019

Global entertainemnt channel Trace acquires Kenya Qwetu Radio

November 6, 2019

Nigeria’s Access Bank acquires Transnational Bank

November 5, 2019

What you should know on Unilever’s acquisition of Kenyan-Tanzanian firm

October 26, 2019

Countries

Zimbabwe to host development forum

Zimbabwe ready to host development forum

January 22, 2020

Greenpeace wants more accountability, Transparency in the agriculture sector

January 22, 2020

Tanzania pulled into mining dispute with three miners.

January 21, 2020

Proposed regulations to govern regional logistics sector unveiled

January 22, 2020

Economic Growth

South Africa’s rand steady amidst Coronavirus outbreak gitters

January 29, 2020

Kenya urged to take advantage of its health assets in medical tourism

January 25, 2020

Zambia’s economy to grow by 3 per cent says President Lungu

January 25, 2020

South Africa loses $8.3 billion through power cuts, research reveals

January 23, 2020

The Indicator

Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has for the fifth year been feted as the ‘Most Innovative Capital Markets Regulator in Africa 2019’ by the International Finance Magazine.

Why Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority is King in Africa

October 25, 2019

Rwanda leads EAC in global ease of doing business

October 24, 2019

Kenya’s insurance premiums hit US$1.13 billion mark

September 14, 2019

Kenya push for closure of ivory trade

Agribusiness

African Development Bank’s quest for climate finance in Africa

A study on the food security situation in East Africa in 2020: FEWS NET

December 23, 2019

Increasing consumption creates goldmine in Kenya’s meat market

December 19, 2019

Awash Bank, USAID to help small Agribusinesses in Ethiopia

December 18, 2019

Technology adoption transforming agriculture in Kenya

December 18, 2019

Energy

AfDB funds Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project

AfDB funds Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project

January 13, 2020

African Development Bank $1m grant to Burundi

January 10, 2020

AfDB funds South Sudan’s capital city power distribution system

November 25, 2019

Distributed Power Africa to power Kenya data centres

November 12, 2019

Infrastructure

An informal settlement in Kenya. Kenyatta's affordable housing plan is being questioned over corruption fears.

Pressure for housing as Kenya’s urbanisation surpasses continent’s average

December 19, 2019

EAC gets key roads in Kenya and Tanzania funded by the AfDB board

December 14, 2019

AfDB funds South Sudan’s capital city power distribution system

November 25, 2019

Top air players feted in Kenya aviation awards

November 19, 2019

Oil & Gas

Uganda oil refinery gets funding from Africa Finance Corporation

Uganda oil refinery gets funding from Africa Finance Corporation

November 25, 2019

South Sudan and Egypt Sign Cooperation Agreement

October 31, 2019

South Sudan’s road to recovery gaining momentum

October 22, 2019

Angola to increase daily oil output

October 17, 2019

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European Investment Bank and UNICEF partnership

European Investment Bank and UNICEF partnership

January 29, 2020

Kenya and Ghana ranks high in receiving foreign remittances in Africa

Kenya and Ghana ranks high in receiving foreign remittances in Africa

January 29, 2020

UK's CDC to use US$39.2 million investment for SMEs in West Africa

UK’s CDC to use US$39.2 million investment for SMEs in West Africa

January 29, 2020

Ethiopian brewer to use IFC's €50m for more barley

Ethiopian brewer to use IFC’s €50m for more barley

January 29, 2020

Ride the wave of the African Continental Free Trade Area, urges Adesina

Ride the wave of the African Continental Free Trade Area, urges Adesina

January 29, 2020

Kenya and Ghana ranks high in receiving foreign remittances in Africa

Kenya’s US$40 billion opportunity for private sector investors

Opinion: Drawing attention to neglected surgical diseases among children

Kenyatta’s decree sparks diplomatic tiff with Uganda

Dutch FMO makes its first investment in Democratic Republic of Congo’s financial sector

How a Kenyan globetrotter boosted Polish tourists to Kenya

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