By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS- The African Development Bank Group on Monday 6th of August, 2019 signed $ 4.8 Million institutional financial support to the African Union (AU) for implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The bank pronounced in a remark that, the grant...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Fire boats perform during the inauguration ceremony of the new container terminal in Walvis Bay, Namibia. Namibia’s ambitious effort to become an international trade hub and transition from one phase to another advanced further on Friday 2nd...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- The Economic Commission for Africa and the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Tunisia on Monday 29th July 2019 and on Wednesday the 31 July in Tunisia a meeting held at Sfax, the National Forum on the African Continental Free trade Area...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – The ECA Executive Secretary – Vera Songwe, told African Central Bank Governors that concerns around Africa’s rising sovereign debt should not focus so much about its level, both rather the ability to pay for it. Elaborating on this point, she emphasized that managing debt dynamics...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Saturday 27 July 2019, Ethiopian government plan to rejuvenate the country’s revenue through the mining sector by six folds during the just started Ethiopian fiscal year. The government also announced the formation of a national coordination...

  BY YESMAN ANTOH-     NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS- A SURVEY of Made in Ghana goods sold in Ghana’s leading supermarkets has shown that only 18% of goods in 23 product categories surveyed are locally produced. The survey (conducted between April and May 2019) covered eight leading supermarkets in Accra:...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- African Infrastructure Investment Manager (AIIM) has reached it threshold of its flagship Pan-African infrastructure fund AllF3. The AIIM raised $320 million from various investor base across Africa, Asia and Europe. In a statement, AIIM...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu –   NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- African leaders pronounced plans for a continent-wide free trade area; a show that explains an important turn around in intra-African economic and trade ties that would yield dividend add economically and that could also to solving the...

BY YESMAN ANTOH- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra, Ghana- THE OFFICIAL construction of Tanzania’s mega Rufiji hydropower project, which is expected to produce 2,115 megawatts (MW) and promote the country’s socioeconomic growth, will be launched by Tanzanian President John Magufuli this coming Friday, a...