essDOCS and AfricaPLC partner to accelerate use of digital trade documents in Africa

AiPlc, News, Press release

Swieqi, Malta & Johannesburg, South Africa – 15 October 2020: essDOCS, the leading enabler of paperless trade, and AfricaPLC, the innovative B2B / B2G industrial E-commerce marketplace and FinTech platform focused on improving intra-African and cross-border trade, announced today a partnership to accelerate the use of digital trade documents in Africa. The partnership will provide integrated electronic document…

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African Development Bank & Africa Energy Forum Launch “African Utility of the Future” Competition With $5,000 Prize

News, Press release

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and EnergyNet, organisers of the Africa Energy Forum (AEF), have created the ‘African Utility of Future’ competition enabling teams to compete for a USD $5,000 prize. The Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth Complex (PEVP) of AfDB will participate at AEF2020, mainstreaming the concept of: “The African Utility of the…

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Virtual Summit – Africa’s Portal to Doing Business with the United States

Africa.com, News, Press release, Virtual Conference

This Virtual Summit, the first and the largest of its kind convenes thousands of c-suite executives and decision-makers at African businesses, large and small, to present to you, from the highest ranks, the ways in which the U.S. can assist in growing your businesses through trade, investment, and technical assistance. VIEW BROCHURE HERE>> Designed specifically…

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Africa Energy Forum 2020

Infrastructure, News, Press release

The Digital Energy Festival 2020 The Africa Energy Forum 2020 joins forces with the African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa and Oil & Gas Council’s Africa Assembly this October to host a ‘Digital Africa Energy Festival’ – the largest ever energy event for the African continent. A month-long digital platform featuring a vast array of…

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Curtain falls on the African Development Bank 2020 Annual Meetings as Governors endorse President Adesina’s bold development program

Banking & Finance, Infrastructure, News, Press release

Adesina: “I am deeply grateful for the collective trust, strong confidence and support of our shareholders” ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, August 28, 2020/APO Group/ — Newly reelected African Development Bank (AfDB.org) President Akinwumi Adesina voiced great optimism about Africa’s future as the institution closed its 55th Annual meetings. The Bank’s Board of Governors today unanimously voted for…

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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina re-elected as President of the African Development Bank Group

Banking & Finance, Infrastructure, News, Press release

The election took place on the final day of the 2020 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, August 27, 2020/APO Group/ — Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina has been re-elected to serve a second fiveyear term as President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB.org) on Thursday, August 27, 2020 by the…

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South Africa’s Infrastructure Fund is here, minus corruption vows National Treasury

Infrastructure, News, Study

South Africa’s R100bn (about $5.8bn) Infrastructure Fund is here, but there will no repeat of the large-scale corruption witnessed in 2010, says National Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane. “We will ensure that [which] we had seen during the construction of the 2010 infrastructure roll-out does not happen. We’ve got lessons we’ve learnt from what we picked up when…

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$39b Nigerian infrastructure company gets green light

Infrastructure, News, Study

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has received approval to create an infrastructure development company that would finance the revamp of critical transport infrastructure throughout the country. The company would leverage local and international funding, and would be co-owned by the CBN, African Finance Corp., and Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Investment Authority. It would be exclusively…

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