Hurley Doddy, co-CEO of Emerging Capital Partners, talks to African Review about the pan-African private equity companys aims in the years to come and looks back on a decade of successful investments made by the firm
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CEC acquires stake in Nigerian energy company

The CEC is set to spend US$164mn in the acquisition of a 60 per cent shareholding in Nigerias Abuja Electricity Distribution Company. (Image source: World Bank Photo Collection)
The Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) is set to invest US$164mn in the acquisition of a 60 per cent shareholding in Nigeria’s Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), according to a statement issued in Lusaka recently
CNN and BBC to help market tourism in Zambia

The UNWTO general assembly will be held jointly in Livingstone, Zambia, and Victoria Falls Town, Zimbabwe. (Image source: John Walker/Wikimedia Commons)
Zambia has signed a deal with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Cable News Network (CNN) in which the two international news agencies will begin marketing tourism in Zambia ahead of this years United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly
Multilateral development partners pledge African support
Leaders of the African Development Bank (AfDB), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) have pledged their close cooperation to support development
Ecobank Zambia announces expansion plans
Ecobank Zambia is set to establish five more branches and increase its number of automated teller machines (ATMs) to 38 as it expands its footprint in the country