Afreximbank Underwrites U.S.$2.5-Billion in a U.S.$4-Billion Syndicated Term Loan for Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Fze
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is pleased to announce that it has underwritten US$2.5 billion in the US$4-billion senior syndicated term loan in favour of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE (DPRP). Afreximbank and Access Bank were appointed co-Mandated Lead Arrangers for the five-year facility to consolidate existing financing, optimise its capital structure and align with…
Trump says Iran has requested a ceasefire as he threatens to pull U.S. out of NATO
President Trump claimed in a post on his Truth Social network on Wednesday that Iran’s president had “just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!” Mr. Trump said Iran’s “New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors,” had requested the ceasefire. Iran currently has the same president it’s…
Cell C, GirlCode collab to train 500 unemployed women
Cell C and GirlCode have forged a technical depth and career readiness partnership. Cell C and software development skills organisation GirlCode will train and certify 500 unemployed young South African women in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing. This, as part of their partnership aimed at strengthening access to future‑ready digital skills and improving pathways into…
Africa: The Dark Clouds of War
[This Day] Cheta NWANZE argues that the Gulf crisis is no more a distant spectacle as it has landed directly on Nigerian fuel pumps, and hit the dinner tables
Africa: Kenya Pipeline MD Joe Sang – ‘Why Volleyball Team Will Do Well At Africa Club Championships’
NAIROBI — Kenya Pipeline’s national under 20 women’s volleyball team have been backed to fly the national flag high at this month’s African Club Championships in Egypt. Kenya Pipeline Company managing director Joe Sang says the team have exhibited consistency, discipline and commitment qualities throughout their journey. “Our team emerged as the third best team…
Can Russia help fill the global energy gap? | US-Israel war on Iran
Higher crude prices due to the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz have helped Russia earn more from energy exports. One nation that’s hoping to gain from the United States-Israel war on Iran is Russia, the world’s third largest oil producer. Higher crude prices due to the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz have allowed…
Sars to give every taxpayer a digital identity in sweeping tech overhaul
The South African Revenue Service has formally unveiled “Modernisation 3.0”, a sweeping digital transformation programme that will give every taxpayer a unique digital identity secured by biometric and two-factor authentication, deploy artificial intelligence to automate compliance and introduce an instant payment system backed by the South African Reserve Bank. The announcement came as Sars confirmed…
Africa: Lessons From Rwanda’s Threat to Withdraw From Cabo Delgado
Kigali’s threat to remove its security forces exposes the limits of Mozambique’s fragile, natural resource-driven security strategy. Senior Rwandan government figures have threatened to withdraw their troops from Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province if sustainable international funding for the mission is not found. Kigali’s 14 March threat coincided with Mozambican President Daniel Chapo’s visit to Brussels…
Africa: World Bank, Partners Unveil Private Sector Council to Boost Electricity, Jobs in Africa
The World Bank Group, the African Development Bank, and The Rockefeller Foundation launched a new Mission 300 Private Sector Council to mobilize the billions in private investment needed to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030 while unlocking job creation across the continent. Fourteen leaders from diverse sectors will help drive strategies to crowd…
Organic & Natural Products Expo Africa Heads to Cape Town in April
Cape Town’s Organic & Natural Products Expo, now headline sponsored by Standard Bank Business & Commercial, Connects Organic Brands with Major Retail and Hospitality Buyers. The Organic & Natural Products Expo Africa returns to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from 17–19 April 2026, marking its third consecutive year in the Mother City as the leading platform…
