Donors Pledge $17m To Fight Rural Poverty In Africa   African and non-regional donors have pledged $17 million to replenish the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund, an initiative that aims to provide food security and eliminate rural poverty on the continent. The pledges were made at a...

15% Of Continent's $1trn Trade Comes From Africa Accounts   The African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim Bank) has said that Africa accounts for only 15 per cent of the continent’s $1trn total trade in the world per year. Speaking to journalists at the sideline of the 18th edition...

Achieving Africa Integration Via Entertainment Industry By Alabidun, Shuaib Abdulrahman   African societies are essentially multi-ethnic and multicultural. Africa is the second most populous continent which is home to 1billion people, about 15% of the world’s population. With 54 countries, the continent is divided into Northern Africa...

Afreximbank Pledges To Boost Africa’s Aviation Infrastructure   As part of efforts to improve the air transport infrastructure in Africa the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Russian Export Center (REC), recently embarked on a series roadshow to raise the profile of cutting-edge Russian aircraft...

ABUJA MoU Moves Against Substandard Shipping In Africa     In a bid to harmonize port state control inspection procedures that will lead to the elimination of substandard shipping in the West and Central Africa sub-region, the Abuja Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will host its 3rd Ministerial...

Nigeria Leads Africa in Implementing Sustainable-Finance Reforms- Report Nigeria has introduced banking reforms to expand sustainable lending, becoming one of 34 emerging markets that are a major force in driving development and fighting climate change, according to the first comprehensive Global Progress Report of the...