News Benin Finance: Africa Finance Corp named ‘Local Impact Champion’ at 2023 Africa CEO Forum
The accolade recognises AFC’s commitment to create sustainable impact as a critical part of developing Africa’s economy and making a positive difference to local communities.
News Benin Finance: Somalia, DRC, Benin and Botswana are now new members of Africa Finance Corporation
NAIROBI, Kenya - Africa Finance Corporation has welcomed the membership of Benin, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Somalia. The accession to membership by Botswana and Somalia advances ...
News Benin Finance: Woman dies after migrant boat capsizes off Lampedusa
(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 5 - A woman from Guinea drowned in waters off Lampedusa on Friday after the boat she was travelling on capsized. 46 other people also on board were rescued by finance police and disembarked together with the body on the tiny Sicilian island. The rescued migrants and refugees said they were from Burkina Faso, Benin, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Gambia, Mali and Senegal, and included 12 women and 5 minors. Their 7-m boat reportedly...
News Benin Finance: Nigeria Benin Bronzes: Buhari declaration 'blindsides' museum officials
Nigeria's outgoing president has issued a declaration on the Benin Bronzes that could have significant consequences in the campaign for the return of these great cultural treasures, as Barnaby ...
News Benin Finance: Return of Benin Bronzes delayed after Nigerian president's decree
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) - A British university has postponed the return of more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria after a presidential decree named a royal ruler as the owner and custodian of all returned artefacts, the head of museums and monuments said on Wednesday. Nigeria is on a quest to get thousands of intricate bronze sculptures and castings that were looted by British
News Benin Finance: Bournvita row: Sugar content level in the popular health drink raises concern; Here’s what experts say
In a now-deleted video, Revant explained that Bournvita uses ingredients that, if consumed on a daily basis, could lead to diabetes.
News Benin Finance: Rwanda, Benin Talk Military Cooperation Over Border Security
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame met Saturday with his Benin counterpart Patrice Talon, promising military support to help the country contain spillover from jihadist conflict across its northern border with Burkina Faso.
News Benin Finance: West African countries struggle to raise funds from regional debt market
By Loucoumane Coulibaly ABIDJAN (Reuters) - West African countries of the eight-nation economic and monetary union are struggling to raise funds on the regional capital market, as investors demand higher interest rates amid tightening liquidity, financial market sources said. Ivory Coast failed to issue local currency debt in March, while Senegal, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have cancelled or
News Benin Finance: Mali government says ECOWAS sanctions "inhumane," "unfortunate"
Mali reserves the right to respond to the unfortunate sanctions taken by the Economic Community of West African Countries ECO ...
News Benin Finance: Sahel violence threatens West African coastal states
Fears grow that violence that has crippled countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will spill over further south.
