Mo Ibrahim Foundation announces the 2019 Ibrahim Leadership Fellows

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation announces the 2019 intake of selected Ibrahim Leadership Fellows, who will make up the programme’s eighth cohort, according to Mo Ibrahim foundation report. As to the press release... Read more »

Decisive measures demand to reverse escalating rate of smoking

Tobacco is one of the leading causes of morbidity worldwide, and with almost a fifth of the people in Africa which is about 94 million people using tobacco products, according to the... Read more »

to join Africa free trade

Africa’s biggest economy has belatedly agreed to join a huge free trade agreement aimed at boosting manufacturing across the continent, according to CNN report CNN report that Nigeria will sign the Africa... Read more »

West African nations to adopt ‘eco’ as single currency

 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have adopted a single currency, named eco, to be launched by 2020, according to CGTN Africa. As to CGTN Africa report, although the idea... Read more »

EU vows to grant 40 bil. euros for Africa job creation

The European Union Commission vows to fully support the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and is proposing a 40 billion Euro package to attract investments that would create at least 10... Read more »

Zebras offer leads to control tsetse flies

Zebras, specifically odours found in their skin, may provide leads to boost the management of the deadly and devastating African trypanosomosis disease, which is transmitted by tsetse flies to people and livestock,... Read more »

A model of success in China-Africa cooperation

The Ethiopia-China Investment Forum held in Changsha in the margins of the First China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, so disclosed by Ethiopia Embassy in Beijing. Ethiopia Embassy in Bejing reported that the... Read more »

Growth alone not enough

Economic growth has the power to transform societies, boost incomes, and enable citizens to thrive. But growth alone is not enough, so disclosed International Development Association (IDA). IDA under World Bank Group,... Read more »

Ethiopian companies among Africa kaizen awards recipients

Ethiopian companies are among recipients of Africa kaizen awards, so disclosed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). JICA in its press release noted that the first Africa kaizen award was held in... Read more »

Africa tables a forum boosting pharmaceutical industry

All is set for the two-day regional trade forum for the Horn of Africa focusing on the implementation of the historic African Continental Free Trade Agreement that went into force on 30... Read more »