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Africa’s infrastructure guarantees platform plans to double its capital: CEO

Nairobi-based ATIDI was ​set up 25 years ago to de-risk investment in Africa ​through insurance and guarantees to help channel private capital into riskier projects.

Rand edges up as firm gold supports ahead of US jobs data

SA Rand edged up in early trade on Friday

Mozambique strengthens maritime security roadmap

Mozambique has completed a roadmap to strengthen maritime information sharing and improve responses to piracy, trafficking and illegal fishing.

UN spotlights challenges facing landlocked developing countries

The United Nations (UN) has marked the special development challenges facing landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), where high transport costs continue to limit trade and growth.

African free trade agency taps Nigerian firm for $3.1 bln customs overhaul project

AfCFTA partners with Bergmans in $3.1 billion deal to digitise continental customs

World Bank debars Niger construction firm over fraud

The World Bank on Wednesday announced a 35-month debarment of Entreprise Babati, a construction company based in Niger, and Owner and Director-General Babati Sayid Ali Ahmed.