Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has urged African countries to open their borders to encourage the promotion of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Lamin Barrow, director-general of Nigeria Country Department, AfDB,…

Nigeria has ranked sixth in the Africa Visa Openness Report released by the African Union (AU) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). The report, the seventh edition, was released at the 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC) held in…

The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said that Africa has resolved to implement a Single Air Transport Market in Africa to advance liberalisation. Sirika made this known during his closing remarks at a five-day International Civil…

Nigeria is home to 50 per cent of Africa’s neglected tropical illnesses and has the highest rates of Tuberculosis, paediatric HIV, and malaria in Africa, according to the World Health Organisation. The WHO Country Representative, Dr…

President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has invited 49 African heads of state and the head of the African Union for a three-day US-Africa Leaders Summit. The summit, scheduled for 13-15 December 2022, will take place in…

President Joe Biden of the United States will be hosting no fewer than 49 African heads of state for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in mid December, a top White House official revealed. The chairman of the African Union, as well as…

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has called for a new partnership for prosperity and development in Nigeria and other African nations and for more support to address the climate crisis. Mr Guterres made the call while addressing…

The African Development Bank has drawn $31 billion in investment interest from African and global investors. In a statement issued by the Communication and External Relations unit of the AfDB, AfDB President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said…

African countries must discard the water privatisation agenda being pushed by Bretton Woods Institutions, a civil society group has warned. Florence Ifeanyi-Aneke, head of non-profit New-Life Community Care Initiative (NELCCI), alleged…

American rapper Meek Mill is the first American artist to join the list of artists set to headline the upcoming Afronation Ghana music festival. In the past weeks, Meek Mill has revealed his desire to have some shows in Africa and…