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AfDB’s approval of US $25-million Trade Finance Facility to CABS to boost Zimbabwe’s local firms

25/4/2016/AfDB The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a US $25-million Trade Finance Line of Credit facility to Central Africa Building Society (CABS) of Zimbabwe on April 20, 2016. This medium-term facility will help to support the expansion of CABS’ operations as a provider of trade […]

Tony Elumelu, UBA Chairman Bags Lifetime Achievement Award in Abidjan

21/4/2016/UBA At the 5th edition of the annual forum, CGECI Academy 2016, the Ivorian National Council of Employers, General Confederation of Enterprises of Côte d’Ivoire (CGECI) presented African businessman and investor, Tony Elumelu, with its 2016 CGECI Lifetime Achievement Award on April 21, 2016 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The formal […]

Leaders Set Landmark Global Goals for Pricing Carbon Pollution

21/4/2016/IMF Call for faster action on carbon pricing to deliver on Paris climate change agreement Six heads of state and government, two city and state leaders, and the heads of the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund and the OECD today agreed on an ambitious global target for putting […]