In Brief

Africa accounts for the lion’s share of live mobile money services, with 52 percent of global deployments, according to the 2013 industry report published...

Bullish On The KINGs In an analysis prepared for Investing in Africa, Belgrad Kenne, founder and director of Phase One Associates, a Nairobi, Kenya, research...

Single-Entry Visa Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya failed to implement the three-country single tourist visa on January 1, as was promised at the 2013 World Travel...

There are incipient signs of an investor reorientation toward Africa’s burgeoning consumer market. According to UNCTAD, some of the most attractive sectors during the...

Morocco-Senegal Holmarcom Group, a leading family-run, multi-industry group in Morocco, and Peacock Investments of Senegal formed a partnership through a capital increase that gives Holmarcom...

According to the World Investment Report 2013, released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Africa's FDI inflows in 2012 were...

According to UNCTAD's 2013 World Investment Report, Africa is one of the few regions to enjoy year–over-year growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows...

Japan investment treaty Pressured by its own private sector, Japan signed its first bilateral investment agreement with a sub-Saharan country, promoting investment to Mozambique....

According the 2013 Economic Report on Africa, growth across the continent is benefitting from improved macroeconomic management and prudential macroeconomic policies that underpin strong...

Infrastructure Transnet SOC Ltd, a South African rail, port and pipeline company, and other blue chip companies partnered with the NEPAD Business Foundation (NBF), a...