Mining and quarrying sector accounted for 81 per cent of investment. (Image source: Michael Gaida/Pixabay)
A total of US$15.15bn of investments were announced in Nigeria from the investors in 20 countries in the H1 2019, according to a report from Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC)
Fragile countries in sub-Saharan Africa improved slightly in the areas of gender equality, human development and environmental stability. (Image source: Commonwealth Secretariat/Flickr)
Africas poorest countries saw a very little progress on average in improving the quality of their policy and institutional frameworks in 2018, according to the World Banks annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report
Mozambique has benefitted from a project on the Improvement of Data Dissemination financed by the UK Department for International Development. (Image source: Lehlogonolo Masubelele/Pixabay)
Mozambique has implemented the recommendations of the IMF’s enhanced general data dissemination system (e-GDDS) by publishing critical data through the National Summary Data Page (NSDP)
The acquisition aims to accelerate online payment services in Africa. (Image source: William Iven/Pixabay)
DPO Group, African payment service provider (PSP), has announced its acquisition of PayFast, one of the largest payment processors in South Africa
Through its innovation fund the DER invested in 44 Senegalese startups in 2018. (Image source: GreenTec Capital Partners)
The Senegalese General Delegation for the Acceleration of Entrepreneurship for Women and Young People (DER) has signed a partnership agreement with GreenTec Capital Partners, one of the leading German investors into African startups
