A donor pre-engagement on Gambia’s new National Development Plan (NDP), is scheduled to take place in Dakar, Senegal from 20 to 22 February 2018.
Following the election of President Adama Barrow in December 2016, the country has a new window of opportunity to lay the foundations for a modern democratic state and key reforms for sustainable growth.
An Israeli energy company has announced a $15bn deal to export natural gas to Egypt, highlighting the deepening strategic ties between the two countries as well as Cairo’s ambitions to become a regional energy hub.
The European Investment Bank is expected to confirm EUR 69 million of new infrastructure and private sector investment in Rwanda this week . This will include announcement of the EIB’s first public sector investment in the country to support construction of the first public sewage system in Rwanda.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency has signed a loan agreement with the African Development Fund (ADF) designed to provide an Official Development Assistance loan to the tune US $700.9 million.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged Barclays Bank PLC with "unlawful financial assistance" related to billions of pounds raised from Qatar in 2008.
Finding jobs for many youth is a major challenge especially in Africa and governments across the continent continue to struggle to create jobs for their unemployed populations.
Tunisia's prime minster has removed the governor of its central bank hours after the European Parliament put the North African country on a blacklist of non-EU nations amid fears it posed a risk over money laundering and terrorist financing.
