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afreximbank-raises-2-billion-after-fitch-break-revealing-diverging-views-of-risk

Afreximbank Raises $2 Billion After Fitch Break, Revealing Diverging Views of Risk

Weeks after cutting ties with Fitch following its downgrade to speculative grade, the African Export-Import Bank raised a record amount on the syndicated...
Zambia signs PPA for 100 MW hybrid wind-solar project Project supports diversification away...
Read more |  30 March 2026
By Diaka Camara, journalist, producer, founder of CBC Worldwide Com & Prod,...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Tunisia tightens import financing rules to protect foreign reserves Banks must require full...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Funding expands family allowances and disability support systems Reforms target digital payments, jobs,...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Casablanca Finance City becomes Africa’s top financial centre GFCI ranking shows shifting competitiveness...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Jet fuel prices soared 76% to $171, depleting stocks in Zambia and South...
Read more |  30 March 2026
China grants $14.46 million to Seychelles for development projects Talks advance cooperation across health,...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Tsodilo partners with U.S.-based Battelle to deploy AI at Gcwihaba project Model will...
Read more |  30 March 2026
AfDB backs $11.3 million mechanism to fund mini-grids in fragile countries Model uses advance...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Ethiopia has completed and operationalized its first national digital coffee traceability platform,...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Fitch affirms Tanzania’s B+ rating with stable outlook Growth expected to outpace peers,...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Japanese bank SMBC provides €200 million ($230 million) to BOAD Funds will support agriculture...
Read more |  30 March 2026
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reddot Finance

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced in a statement released on...
Read more |  5 November 2016
Morocco’s leading bank, Attijariwafa Bank, has announced on September 19 that it...
Read more |  21 September 2016
UK’s recent exit from the European Union (Brexit), should impact the economy...
Read more |  15 September 2016
Only eight African countries have been listed among the countries with low...
Read more |  17 December 2015

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reddot Agriculture

Egypt’s EHCSS secures €12 million EU-backed grant for wheat storage Funding to build five...
Read more |  17 December 2025
As project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors gathered at the Africa Investment...
Read more |  9 November 2018
Yesterday, the Moroccan sugar company Cosumar announced that it acquired a 55%...
Read more |  3 October 2018
In Ghana, fees for shipping cocoa to Europe will decrease from 39...
Read more |  2 October 2018

reddot Electricity

Following deliberations last July 25, the African Biofuel and Renewable Energy Company...
Read more |  13 December 2018
The African Development Bank Group, in partnership with the French Development Agency,...
Read more |  26 October 2018
Ghana and Burkina Faso inaugurated the 225 KV power line linking them....
Read more |  8 October 2018
Tanzania will need $3.611 billion to complete the nine power plants and transmission...
Read more |  27 September 2018
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) announced that it provided $25 million to...
Read more |  26 September 2018

reddot Mining

South African miner Harmony Gold said it has successfully produced the 1.1...
Read more |  20 July 2016
AIM-listed Bostwana Diamonds and joint-venture partner Alrosa began exploration at the PL...
Read more |  24 March 2016

reddot Telecom

reddot Comms

In Kenya, Facebook will soon start reporting fake news published on its...
Read more |  5 October 2018
On October 26-27, the second edition of Les Panafricaines, the forum of...
Read more |  4 October 2018
From October 29 to November 1, 2018, Tunis, Tunisia’s capital will host...
Read more |  3 October 2018
Last September 27, Rwanda’s parliament passed a law punishing the caricaturing of...
Read more |  1 October 2018
Reuters just extended its video offers aimed at Africans by launching Africa...
Read more |  21 September 2018
Start Network, a global network of forty national and international humanitarian organizations,...
Read more |  4 September 2018

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afreximbank-raises-2-billion-after-fitch-break-revealing-diverging-views-of-risk

Afreximbank Raises $2 Billion After Fitch Break, Revealing Diverging Views of Risk

Weeks after cutting ties with Fitch following its downgrade to speculative grade, the African Export-Import Bank raised a record amount on the syndicated...
Zambia signs PPA for 100 MW hybrid wind-solar project Project supports diversification away...
Read more |  30 March 2026
By Diaka Camara, journalist, producer, founder of CBC Worldwide Com & Prod,...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Tunisia tightens import financing rules to protect foreign reserves Banks must require full...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Funding expands family allowances and disability support systems Reforms target digital payments, jobs,...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Casablanca Finance City becomes Africa’s top financial centre GFCI ranking shows shifting competitiveness...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Jet fuel prices soared 76% to $171, depleting stocks in Zambia and South...
Read more |  30 March 2026
China grants $14.46 million to Seychelles for development projects Talks advance cooperation across health,...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Tsodilo partners with U.S.-based Battelle to deploy AI at Gcwihaba project Model will...
Read more |  30 March 2026
AfDB backs $11.3 million mechanism to fund mini-grids in fragile countries Model uses advance...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Ethiopia has completed and operationalized its first national digital coffee traceability platform,...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Fitch affirms Tanzania’s B+ rating with stable outlook Growth expected to outpace peers,...
Read more |  30 March 2026
Japanese bank SMBC provides €200 million ($230 million) to BOAD Funds will support agriculture...
Read more |  30 March 2026
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