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Africa Capacity Index (ACI) 2019

Since 2011, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF – specialized agency of the AU, located in Harara, Zimbabwe https://www.acbf-pact.org/) publishes an annual Africa Capacity Report (ACR).

Zimbabwe will introduce a new currency in November 2019

Zimbabwe will introduce a new currency in November 2019.
10 years after the abolition, in November 2019, the Central Bank of Zimbabwe plans to reintroduce its currency Zimdollar ( ZWL).

Ukraine To Invest $2bn Manufacturing, Agro-Processing Equipment In Nigeria

Ukraine would invest over $2billion in the provision of manufacturing equipment, agro-processing, agricultural, metal, and plastic equipment to Nigeria.

EU-AU Summit: reorientation to private partnership

The 5th summit of the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) was held 29-30 November 2017 in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire).
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IMF support program for Ghana extended for one year against the president's will

Mi-juillet, le président Nana Akufo-Addo voulait "passer à autre chose" au terme du programme d'un milliard de dollars de soutien à l'économie ghanéenne conclu en avril 2015 et prévu pour durer trois

Ghana does not want to extend the IMF Extended Credit Facility

July 18, 2017 Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo announced that the country does not want to extend the three-year IMF lending program, which ends in April 2018, although in June 2017, the Ghanaian go

West Africa: Ecowas Admits Morocco, but Studying Implications

Monrovia — The Northern African country of Morocco's request to join the West African regional body has been approved in principle by ECOWAS, but West African leaders are studying the implications of

Mauritania wants to reintegrate into the free trade zone of ECOWAS

La Mauritanie vient de signer un accord avec la communauté économique des États d'Afrique de l'ouest prévoyant un retour de Nouakchott dans la zone de libre échange ouest-africaine.

In 2016 flows of FDI to African countries showed different trends

Dans un rapport sur l'attractivité de l'Afrique publié début mai, le cabinet d'audit Ernst & Young (EY) dresse un bilan mitigé des IDE à destination du continent.