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Did you know that only two African countries exported more than they imported last year? Or that Morocco led intra-African investment in 2016? These are just some of the latest realities about the continent revealed in the annual African Economic Outlook 2017

KIGALI, RWANDA: The newly inaugurated standard gauge railway line between Mombasa and Nairobi is very important to the integration of eastern Africa, Rwandan Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Claver Gatete said here Thursday.

Fundo Soberano announces $180 million investment in port infrastructure in Angola. The Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA) (www.FundoSoberano.ao), Angola’s sovereign wealth fund, today announced that it has committed to invest $180 million in a strategic deep sea port in Angola.

In his bullish drive for investment, Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Monday, signed a partnership agreement with his counterpart in Shaanxi Province in China, Hu Heping, to bolster the injection of capital for business in the state.

The bank of China has launched a new branch in Angola’s capital Luanda.Nearly 300 representatives from Angola’s and China’s political, business and financial circles attended the launch.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (C, front) poses for photos with staff members at Nairobi Terminus of Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, May 31, 2017

His life has changed for the better. When darkness comes to Denis Baru, a resident of Zoka village in Adjumani district in northern Uganda, he turns to the power of the sun trapped by the solar panel during.

Kenya Railways Corporation has developed a new standard gauge railway (SGR) line for passengers and cargo transportation between Mombasa, the largest port in East Africa, and Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya.

Kenya has just opened its largest infrastructure project in over 50 years—with a little help from some Chinese friends.