Cairo, Egypt — Africa’s multilateral lender, African Export-Import Bank, marked the end of an era as President and Chairman of the Board, Professor Benedict Oramah, concluded his decade-long tenure with a legacy conference in Cairo attended by over 2,000 dignitaries, including African heads of state, business leaders, and policymakers on Friday. Oramah, who took office…
LONDON — EU heads of state will call for quicker action on the use of immobilized Russian assets at a meeting next week amid growing pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a document seen by CNBC. The European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, has been looking at how to use about…
* Promises Nigeria’s commitment towards catalyzing mineral-led renaissance under Renewed Hope Agenda President Bola Tinubu has clamoured for a total re-phase in the global financial architecture of Africa’s mineral resources, saying it is time for its nations to begin to not only finance its mineral sector, but also assert their influence and power in the…
Introducing a new way for users to trade tokenised traditional assets. Bitget, which positions itself as the leading crypto-currency exchange and Web3 company, today announced the launch of the industry’s first RWA (Real-World Asset) Index Perpetual Contract. This pioneering product, which was set to go live on 20 August, introduces a new way for users…
Africa Prudential Plc has announced a strong performance for the first half of 2025, posting a 75 per cent year-on-year growth in Profit Before Tax to N1.98 billion, compared to N1.13 billion recorded in the same period of 2024. The unaudited results released in Lagos showed that Profit After Tax rose by 73 per cent…
Addis Ababa — Habitat for Humanity International has affirmed Ethiopia’s potential to be a model in unlocking its enormous housing assets and opportunities across Africa. Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford, who attended the high-level Panel Discussion on Housing in Ethiopia and across Africa this week in Addis Ababa, told ENA that Africa is…
The Sudan War series is a joint collaboration between the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation – Khartoum (CEDEJ-K), Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) and African Arguments – Debating Ideas. Through a number of themes that explore the intersections of war, displacement, identities and capital, Sudanese researchers, many of whom are themselves displaced,…
Johnathan Bass, managing director of NetTrace. South African businesses are working hard to maximise the return on their technology investments. However, while the initial procurement and deployment of new IT assets may receive significant attention, the ongoing management and optimisation of these assets is frequently misunderstood and often neglected. For governance, risk and compliance leaders,…
