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Papa Amadou Sarr: ‘Africa must de-risk to attract private capital’

Papa Amadou Sarr, former Director of Resource Mobilization and Partnerships at the French Development Agency (AFD) and now CEO of Porteo Group, shared his...
Ethiopia and Malaysia signed multiple MoUs on tourism, health, air transport and...
Read more |  21 November 2025
Uganda’s ICT ministry and dfcu Foundation launched a national partnership to expand...
Read more |  21 November 2025
Under sanction pressure, Lukoil is divesting its foreign oil assets, drawing interest...
Read more |  20 November 2025
Senegal plans CFA427 billion ($750.7 million) in agricultural spending for 2026, up...
Read more |  20 November 2025
The move, which gives African cocoa and coffee producers a reprieve, was...
Read more |  20 November 2025
Namibia inaugurated its first telecom tower financed by the Universal Service Fund...
Read more |  20 November 2025
Airtel launches a 4G smartphone financing plan with Itel’s entry-level A50 Customers pay...
Read more |  20 November 2025
South Africa’s Telkom seeks LEO partners to boost coverage and emergency services Move...
Read more |  20 November 2025
GuarantCo to guarantee $50M of Senelec’s $213M green bond for renewables Projects to add...
Read more |  20 November 2025
FAO forecasts a 4 % rise in food import spending from 2024 Cereals remain...
Read more |  20 November 2025
MTN Innovation Lab hosts Africa HealthTech Export 2025 Bootcamp in Cotonou Event...
Read more |  20 November 2025
Agreement aims to modernize infrastructure and reduce urban–rural gaps Plans include new transmission...
Read more |  20 November 2025
Senegal bans use of uncertified software for managing civil records Move supports...
Read more |  20 November 2025
Five-year deal includes a €150 million investment and three Airbus aircraft Partnership to raise...
Read more |  20 November 2025
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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

As project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors gathered at the Africa Investment...
Read more |  9 November 2018
In Ghana, fees for shipping cocoa to Europe will decrease from 39...
Read more |  2 October 2018
To fight hunger and malnutrition, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is...
Read more |  31 August 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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papa-amadou-sarr-africa-must-de-risk-to-attract-private-capital

Papa Amadou Sarr: ‘Africa must de-risk to attract private capital’

Papa Amadou Sarr, former Director of Resource Mobilization and Partnerships at the French Development Agency (AFD) and now CEO of Porteo Group, shared his...
Ethiopia and Malaysia signed multiple MoUs on tourism, health, air transport and...
Read more |  21 November 2025
Uganda’s ICT ministry and dfcu Foundation launched a national partnership to expand...
Read more |  21 November 2025
Under sanction pressure, Lukoil is divesting its foreign oil assets, drawing interest...
Read more |  20 November 2025
Senegal plans CFA427 billion ($750.7 million) in agricultural spending for 2026, up...
Read more |  20 November 2025
The move, which gives African cocoa and coffee producers a reprieve, was...
Read more |  20 November 2025
Namibia inaugurated its first telecom tower financed by the Universal Service Fund...
Read more |  20 November 2025
Airtel launches a 4G smartphone financing plan with Itel’s entry-level A50 Customers pay...
Read more |  20 November 2025
South Africa’s Telkom seeks LEO partners to boost coverage and emergency services Move...
Read more |  20 November 2025
GuarantCo to guarantee $50M of Senelec’s $213M green bond for renewables Projects to add...
Read more |  20 November 2025
FAO forecasts a 4 % rise in food import spending from 2024 Cereals remain...
Read more |  20 November 2025
MTN Innovation Lab hosts Africa HealthTech Export 2025 Bootcamp in Cotonou Event...
Read more |  20 November 2025
Agreement aims to modernize infrastructure and reduce urban–rural gaps Plans include new transmission...
Read more |  20 November 2025
Senegal bans use of uncertified software for managing civil records Move supports...
Read more |  20 November 2025
Five-year deal includes a €150 million investment and three Airbus aircraft Partnership to raise...
Read more |  20 November 2025
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