The Finance Ministry of Angola has announced to set up a supervisory committee for the country’s US$5bn sovereign wealth fund after an investigation revealed that is processes are transparent
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Executive vice-president of OPIC travels to Togo

David Bohigian, executive vice-president of Overseas Private Investment Corporation. (Image source: OPIC)
David Bohigian, executive vice-president of Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), has met Togolese Prime Minister Komi Klassou and toured an OPIC-supported power plant that aims to triple the countrys energy supply
South Africa’s trade grows 10 per cent in the Q3 2017

Conroy has predicted a slowdown of low single digit growth in import market for 2018. (Image source: CIFOR/Flickr)
South Africa’s total import and export container trade market experienced consistent 10 per cent year-on-year growth during the Q3 2017, according to Maersk Line Southern Africa
FAO and World Food Programme to assist farmers in Congo and Nigeria

Women displaced by the Boko Haram crisis working on a farm in northern Nigeria. (Image Source: Chain Gang 9/Flickr)
The Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have stepped up efforts to assist farmers and alleviate hunger in Congo and Nigeria
ICD and Afreximbank sign US$100mn line of financing agreement
The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private sector (ICD) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed a line of agreement for a US$100mn financing facility