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Foreign Reserves in WAEMU Jump 42% in 2024 to Record High

• WAEMU’s foreign exchange reserves rose 42% in 2024 to reach CFA13.5 trillion• The jump was driven by stronger export earnings, rising gold prices, and a...
• The Trump administration has decided to close...
Read more |  25 April 2025
This cybersecurity incident involving MTN Group, one of...
Read more |  25 April 2025
As telcos reinvent themselves as tech enablers for businesses, partnerships like this...
Read more |  25 April 2025
• New rule cuts tariffs on 5,516 non-sensitive products over 10 years•...
Read more |  24 April 2025
This intervention demonstrates regulatory foresight by the LTA and highlights the broader...
Read more |  24 April 2025
Paladin Energy restarted uranium production at its Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia...
Read more |  24 April 2025
The African Union says solid geological data is crucial for mining growth....
Read more |  24 April 2025
Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), a major mining company operating in Africa, has...
Read more |  24 April 2025
Alphamin Resources resumed mining at its Bisie tin mine in the Democratic...
Read more |  24 April 2025
Africa is making significant strides in advancing its space technology landscape, marking...
Read more |  24 April 2025
• European Investment Bank commits $60 million to LeapFrog Investments to expand access...
Read more |  24 April 2025
• The government raised CFA454.2 billion ($790 million) on April 22 through...
Read more |  24 April 2025
• Tunisia and Japan agreed to finalize a new investment deal during...
Read more |  24 April 2025
• Morocco plans to roll out 5G to a quarter of its...
Read more |  24 April 2025
Gold prices are on track to soar, and African countries like Mali,...
Read more |  23 April 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

reddot Public Management

reddot Agriculture

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
Uganda’s tea exports that transited via Mombasa auction centers grew by 11.6%...
Read more |  29 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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foreign-reserves-in-waemu-jump-42-in-2024-to-record-high

Foreign Reserves in WAEMU Jump 42% in 2024 to Record High

• WAEMU’s foreign exchange reserves rose 42% in 2024 to reach CFA13.5 trillion• The jump was driven by stronger export earnings, rising gold prices, and a...
• The Trump administration has decided to close...
Read more |  25 April 2025
This cybersecurity incident involving MTN Group, one of...
Read more |  25 April 2025
As telcos reinvent themselves as tech enablers for businesses, partnerships like this...
Read more |  25 April 2025
• New rule cuts tariffs on 5,516 non-sensitive products over 10 years•...
Read more |  24 April 2025
This intervention demonstrates regulatory foresight by the LTA and highlights the broader...
Read more |  24 April 2025
Paladin Energy restarted uranium production at its Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia...
Read more |  24 April 2025
The African Union says solid geological data is crucial for mining growth....
Read more |  24 April 2025
Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), a major mining company operating in Africa, has...
Read more |  24 April 2025
Alphamin Resources resumed mining at its Bisie tin mine in the Democratic...
Read more |  24 April 2025
Africa is making significant strides in advancing its space technology landscape, marking...
Read more |  24 April 2025
• European Investment Bank commits $60 million to LeapFrog Investments to expand access...
Read more |  24 April 2025
• The government raised CFA454.2 billion ($790 million) on April 22 through...
Read more |  24 April 2025
• Tunisia and Japan agreed to finalize a new investment deal during...
Read more |  24 April 2025
• Morocco plans to roll out 5G to a quarter of its...
Read more |  24 April 2025
Gold prices are on track to soar, and African countries like Mali,...
Read more |  23 April 2025
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