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world-bank-bets-on-industry-to-shield-africa-from-gathering-shocks-but-challenges-remain

World Bank Bets on Industry to Shield Africa From Gathering Shocks, but Challenges Remain

World Bank backs industrial policy as a shield against compounding shocks — a landmark shift from the Washington Consensus orthodoxy it championed for...
Ethiopian Airlines and Asky plan a regional aircraft maintenance hub West Africa faces...
Read more |  9 April 2026
South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya rank as Africa’s most competitive outsourcing hubs Seven...
Read more |  9 April 2026
PowerGen and Noclink launch 1.8 MW solar plant for plastic production and...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Niger and Morocco signed 14 agreements covering infrastructure, trade, agriculture and other...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Schiba plans to launch a life insurance subsidiary to expand its financial...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Authorities investigate gaps between reported and actual fuel stock levels Suspected data manipulation...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Gisèle Mélanie Houngue appointed CEO of BGFIBank Benin, replacing Alexis Louéké Veteran of...
Read more |  9 April 2026
EBID project commitments reached $813.77 million, up 83%, with approvals rising 50%. Focused on...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Africa counts more than 1,000 tech hubs in 2024, up from fewer...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Meridian Port Services receives 16 electric RTG cranes for Tema Port expansion; $1.5...
Read more |  9 April 2026
150 Liberian content creators to attend monetization training on May 6–7, 2026,...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Ethiopia authorizes imports of meat, dairy, and animal genetics from Brazil Addis Ababa...
Read more |  9 April 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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world-bank-bets-on-industry-to-shield-africa-from-gathering-shocks-but-challenges-remain

World Bank Bets on Industry to Shield Africa From Gathering Shocks, but Challenges Remain

World Bank backs industrial policy as a shield against compounding shocks — a landmark shift from the Washington Consensus orthodoxy it championed for...
Ethiopian Airlines and Asky plan a regional aircraft maintenance hub West Africa faces...
Read more |  9 April 2026
South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya rank as Africa’s most competitive outsourcing hubs Seven...
Read more |  9 April 2026
PowerGen and Noclink launch 1.8 MW solar plant for plastic production and...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Niger and Morocco signed 14 agreements covering infrastructure, trade, agriculture and other...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Schiba plans to launch a life insurance subsidiary to expand its financial...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Authorities investigate gaps between reported and actual fuel stock levels Suspected data manipulation...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Gisèle Mélanie Houngue appointed CEO of BGFIBank Benin, replacing Alexis Louéké Veteran of...
Read more |  9 April 2026
EBID project commitments reached $813.77 million, up 83%, with approvals rising 50%. Focused on...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Africa counts more than 1,000 tech hubs in 2024, up from fewer...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Meridian Port Services receives 16 electric RTG cranes for Tema Port expansion; $1.5...
Read more |  9 April 2026
150 Liberian content creators to attend monetization training on May 6–7, 2026,...
Read more |  9 April 2026
Ethiopia authorizes imports of meat, dairy, and animal genetics from Brazil Addis Ababa...
Read more |  9 April 2026
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