Category: West Africa

Nigeria has launched an online system aimed at enabling business executives to apply for a visa online and collect it on arrival 48 hours later. The move to ease visa rules in the West African country follows complaints from foreign executives that obstructive embassy officials made it difficult to enter the country. Under the new

Senegal is all set to inaugurate a new international airport, the Blaise Diagne International Airport on December 7, 2017 with the aim of easing congestion in the capital, Dakar, where the West African nation’s biggest airport is based. Blaise Diagne International (AIBD) will have initial capacity for three million passengers per year, rising to 10

Accra has been named as the next city to join Uber’s booming network in Africa. The economically vibrant hub is the first city in Ghana to receive the service. With a thriving urban population, Accra’s 2.27 million people will have access to efficient transport through the ride-sharing platform.  Uber is excited to explore the potential

The Manufacturing Association of Nigeria has inaugurated its Large Corporation Group, which will amongst other things come up with policy recommendations that will lead to a conducive economic and social climate for the operation and development for large scale industries in Nigeria. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, MAN’s President Mr. Frank Udemba said one of the

The President of the Muslim Council of Elders, Sheikh Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed el-Tayeb, has concluded his 3-day visit to Nigeria. Dr. el-Tayeb, who is the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, was welcomed by a number of senior state officials and Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh Al-Husseini, the Mufti of Nigeria, Egypt’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Ashraf Abdel Qader Salama,

Orange has announced the acquisition of a 75 million-euro equity interest in Africa Internet Group, joining AXA, Goldman Sachs and longstanding investors MTN Group, Millicom and Rocket Internet. Through this investment, which will be accompanied by a series of strategic partnerships between the subsidiaries of the two groups, Orange will help Jumia and other websites run

Poet and novelist Fiston Mwanza Mujila was announced as the winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature for his first novel, Tram 83. Originally written in French, Tram 83 was translated into English by Roland Glasser and published by Deep Vellum. 35-year-old Mujila is the first Francophone writer to win the prestigious Etisalat Prize, the first

Visa Inc., a global payment company, announced its intention to open an office in Côte d’Ivoire to reinforce its position as a leading payments technology company and to help bringing the benefits of electronic payments to the economy and a broader range of consumers and merchants across the region. Visa is currently in the process

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank, Roberts Ungwaga Orya, received a team from the World Bank led by Dr. Francisco Igualada, Senior Mining Specialist, Energy & Extractives Unit, and Mr. Linus Adie Utsu of Mining Investments Consult that visited the Bank to share ideas on how to provide structured intervention towards revamping and

South African oil and gas company SacOil will join the consortium of Taleveras Group, Gunvor Group and the Strategic Fuel Fund in developing the Bioko Oil Terminal tank farm in Equatorial Guinea. On October 30, 2015 the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy signed an MoU with Taleveras Group, Gunvor Group and the Strategic Fuel

The Nigerian electronic commerce sector is expected to expand further to as much as $13 billion (N2.5 trillion) in value. Almost 80 per cent of the Nigerian population is projected to enjoy mobile broadband access and 20 per cent fixed line access. Prior to the commencement of the cashless transactions policy in 2012, the sector recorded

Emirates has frequent promotions where the airline offers its Ethiopian and Kenyan customers a free UAE visa when booking a ticket to Dubai to further increase its share of the continent’s air traffic. Offering free tourist visas is but one of the popular marketing play employed by some airlines as they aggressively push for an ever

What will coastal cities do as rising sea levels slowly claim more and more of their territory? The Nigerian megacity of Lagos is showing the world one way of tackling that problem – but it’s one with tremendous financial and social costs. Located along the west coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, Lagos

Eko Atlantic City is a planned district of Lagos, Nigeria, being constructed on land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean. It is located on Lagos’ Bar Beach. Upon completion, the new island which is still under development is anticipating 400,000 residents and a daily flow of 250,000 commuters. The development will also have a positive environmental

Introduction of new law attracts international investors to Nigeria. Local residents complain… In a bid to encourage vehicle assembly in Nigeria, the Federal Government has initiated new laws to discourage vehicle importation into Nigeria. According to a recent circular “fully built units (FBU) cars falling under H.S. Code 87.03 shall attract a duty of 35

Africa’s agriculture sector can emerge as the food provider to the world by implementing better policies… After years of neglect, Africa’s agriculture sector is finally being recognised as a powerful driver of the continents growing economy. Agriculture and the business of buying and selling agricultural produce grown in Africa now accounts for nearly half the