Ecobank Group Appoints Amin Manekia as Group Exec, Corporate & Investment Banking
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group, today announced the appointment of Mr Amin Manekia as Group Executive of its Corporate & Investment Banking business. Mr Manekia steps into the position vacated in late 2015 by Mr Charles Kié, who moved to become Managing Director of Ecobank Nigeria. A national of Pakistan, Amin […]
SAP: Africa Code Week 2016 – S’attaquer à la fracture numérique sur le continent Africain
SAP s’engage à former cette année plus de 150 000 jeunes dans 30 pays africains pour favoriser l’alphabétisation numérique et ainsi offrir aux jeunes générations du continent des compétences numériques pour améliorer leur employabilité. Africa Code Week 2016 se déroulera du 15 au 23 octobre 2016, avec des milliers d’ateliers de programmation gratuits et des […]
10 Nominees Announced For The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) Prize for 2016
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) today announced the top 10 nominees for its landmark programme, the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). Now celebrating its 5th year under the theme “Made in Africa”, IPA is the premier innovation initiative in the African continent, offering a grand share prize of US$150 000 and incentives to spur growth […]
Benin Republic Has a New President
Opposition candidate, Patrice Talon, has emerged winner of the presidential election in neighbouring Benin Republic after garnering majority of the ballots in the second round of polls, AFP news agency is reporting. Mr. Talon, 57, beat the candidate of the country’s ruling party and prime minister, Lionel Zinsou, in an election to select the replacement […]
Benin Polls Close With Few Difficulties
Benin’s polls have closed with “no major incident” reported across the West African state, said an election monitor. The Beninese president said stepping down is “one further step forward” for the “big democracy.” Polls for Benin’s presidential election closed at 16:00 local time (1500 UTC) with few reports of logistical difficulties. Witnesses told Reuters news […]
World Bank Approves US$40 Million IDA for Benin
The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new US$40 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit for Benin to improve its infrastructure and minimize the negative impacts of the 2010 floods as well as increase the level of preparedness for any future flooding. In 2010 the heavy rains in Benin created unexpected […]
Benin minister quits in scandal over missing aid millions
COTONOU (Reuters) – Benin’s minister for energy and water has resigned over a corruption scandal that resulted in the Netherlands suspending aid after millions of dollars of Dutch financial support went missing. President Thomas Boni Yayi accepted Bethelemy Kassa’s resignation and has pledged severe sanctions against anyone implicated, state television said on Wednesday. The Dutch […]
Ruling Party Loses Majority Parliamentary Seats in Benin
The party of President Thomas Boni Yayi won Benin’s parliamentary elections with 33 seats out of 83, but failed to secure an absolute majority, the Constitutional Court said on Sunday. The Beninese went to the polls on April 26 for elections regarded as a popularity test for Boni Yayi, accused by the opposition of wanting […]
