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The first cross- border securities trades on the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP) were executed as a demonstration in December in Abidjan. Live on screen, a stockbroker at Finance Gestion Intermédiation (FGI) in Abidjan sent an order to Nairobi stockbroker Dyer and Blair to buy 10 Kenya Commercial Bank shares... read more →

Sudanese refugees in Chad Photo:WFP There has been a surge of refugees fleeing Sudan to Chad and aid agencies say they need hundreds of millions of dollars from the international community, The United Nations has said. The High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Chad needs $214.1 million to provide vital... read more →

The war in Sudan between two rival generals for control of the country is devastating in so many ways. Hundreds of civilians have been killed, thousands injured and more than 1 million people are now homeless. The fighting is even wreaking havoc on the country’s central bank. In late April... read more →

Got News to Share? Send 2 FREE Releases ↓ News Search | All News Topics > Shipping & Logistics News Topics: By Country | By State ; Press Releases by Industry Channel > All Shipping & Logistics Press Releases 18th Annual East Africa Business Network Conference Collaborates with Africa Data... read more →

By Sylvia Muia Writer Nation Media Group It is no secret that the current generation, made up of Millennials and Gen Z, is in many ways different from the baby boomers who were the young generation in 1963 when Kenya gained its independence. From landlines to mobile phones, typewriters to... read more →

Air Tanzania, on June 3rd, took delivery of its first Boeing 767-300F freighter aircraft, which arrived at the airline's hub at Dar es Salaam (DAR). This milestone delivery marks the first 767 freighter aircraft to be delivered to an African carrier directly from Boeing. Other airlines, such as Royal Air... read more →

China's Belt and Road projects: Past, present, future | #AsiaNewsNetwork Latest Issues, Business Photo credit: China Daily Beiijing (China Daily) - China's Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by President Xi Jinping nearly six years ago, has made practical progress, with 125 countries and 29 international organizations having signed 173 cooperation... read more →

A comprehensive state of Web 3.0 in Africa report is set to be released on June 23, 2023. The report highlights the rapidly-evolving landscape of Web 3.0 technologies in African countries, providing in-depth analysis of their impact, opportunities, and challenges and offering recommendations for fostering growth and measurable impact. Web... read more →

WorldHow Russia's Wagner Group cashes in on conflict and chaos in AfricaThere's money to be made in chaos and the Russian private military contractor known as the Wagner Group knows how to capitalize on it. Wagner played key role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but expanded its business in African... read more →