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drc-telecoms-must-open-25-capital-to-local-investors-by-2027

DRC Telecoms Must Open 25% Capital to Local Investors by 2027

Telecom companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must open 25% of their capital to local investors by July 2027. The measure retroactively...
Cameroon plans CFA82 billion additional tranche after oversubscribed Eurobond Initial $750 million issuance attracted...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 7 aviation accidents in 2025, or 7.86 per million...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Visa and Afriland First Bank signed a strategic agreement to expand electronic...
Read more |  11 March 2026
DR Congo insurance regulator, SEGUCE sign deal to enforce import coverage Agreement integrates...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery cannot process crude from the Jubilee oil field...
Read more |  11 March 2026
DRC orders gambling operators to obtain licenses by March 31 Sector generated over $1.6...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Africa CDC and ECDC will collaborate on disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, and...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Koeberg Unit 2 has operated continuously for 365 days with a 99.4%...
Read more |  11 March 2026
The DRC commissions a technical and financial audit of the Sicomines partnership...
Read more |  11 March 2026
BAT Kenya plans to source at least 70% of tobacco leaves locally...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Burkina Faso plans to mobilize diaspora expertise to strengthen its national digital...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Nigeria recorded a trade surplus of 1.712 trillion naira ($1.22 billion) in...
Read more |  11 March 2026
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission confirmed Rwanda’s progress in preparing...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Togo parliament adopts WAEMU law against currency counterfeiting Bill defines offences including reproduction,...
Read more |  11 March 2026
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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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drc-telecoms-must-open-25-capital-to-local-investors-by-2027

DRC Telecoms Must Open 25% Capital to Local Investors by 2027

Telecom companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must open 25% of their capital to local investors by July 2027. The measure retroactively...
Cameroon plans CFA82 billion additional tranche after oversubscribed Eurobond Initial $750 million issuance attracted...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 7 aviation accidents in 2025, or 7.86 per million...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Visa and Afriland First Bank signed a strategic agreement to expand electronic...
Read more |  11 March 2026
DR Congo insurance regulator, SEGUCE sign deal to enforce import coverage Agreement integrates...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery cannot process crude from the Jubilee oil field...
Read more |  11 March 2026
DRC orders gambling operators to obtain licenses by March 31 Sector generated over $1.6...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Africa CDC and ECDC will collaborate on disease surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, and...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Koeberg Unit 2 has operated continuously for 365 days with a 99.4%...
Read more |  11 March 2026
The DRC commissions a technical and financial audit of the Sicomines partnership...
Read more |  11 March 2026
BAT Kenya plans to source at least 70% of tobacco leaves locally...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Burkina Faso plans to mobilize diaspora expertise to strengthen its national digital...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Nigeria recorded a trade surplus of 1.712 trillion naira ($1.22 billion) in...
Read more |  11 March 2026
An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission confirmed Rwanda’s progress in preparing...
Read more |  11 March 2026
Togo parliament adopts WAEMU law against currency counterfeiting Bill defines offences including reproduction,...
Read more |  11 March 2026
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