Luanda — The President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, affirmed Sunday the need for the African Union to assert an active presence on the ground to combat terrorist groups and organized crime networks, as well as to deliver vital humanitarian assistance, through the concrete deployment of AU organs, most notably the Special Representatives of the…
Advancing Cross-Border Payments At the — inaugural Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) COWRY 2025 Participants Forum, held in Lagos, Nigeria. The event brought together policymakers, regulators, financial institutions, and payment experts to explore pathways toward “Building an interoperable and sovereign African payment ecosystem for trade and economic growth.” In alignment with the theme, discussions…
MONROVIA, July 11, 2025 – The World Bank’s annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report for Sub-Saharan Africa, released Thursday, reveals that despite a stable average CPIA score for the region, there is an urgent need for governments in Africa to improve the delivery of essential services to promote inclusive, sustainable growth. The CPIA…
Zanzibar — ZANZIBAR President, Hussein Mwinyi has urged African nations to take the lead in shaping the global knowledge economy, as he officially opened the Africa QS Forum on Education here yesterday. Speaking at the high-level gathering of education leaders, scholars and innovators, Dr Mwinyi said Africa must move beyond the sidelines to become a…
