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- 16 Jun 2013
Chevron Confirms First Cargo from Angola LNG
Chevron Corporation's subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited has confirmed that initial production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has commenced at the Angola LNG project. Angola LNG is one of…
- 19 Mar 2015
IBM Helps Angola Develop Smarter Healthcare, Education Capabilities
A team of IBM specialists has presented recommendations to Angolan authorities on a range of issues aimed at supporting Angola’s drive for economic and social transformation. These include academic…
- 10 Feb 2013
China Dumps Nigeria’s Oil, Heads for Angola
Nigeria has lost its status as Africa’s biggest exporter to Asia, particularly the China to Angola and this is coming as the latest oil and gas outages by oil giants, ExxonMobil and Shell continues…
- 18 Aug 2024
Standard Bank Plans Expansion in Nigeria, Angola Businesses
Standard Bank is looking to boost its stakes in businesses in Angola and Nigeria, the bank’s CEO Sim Tshabalala said over the weekend. “In Nigeria we are again wanting to increase our…
- 15 May 2026
NITDA Showcases Nigeria’s Startup Framework as Model for Angola
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has reaffirmed its commitment to building a coordinated and inclusive digital ecosystem in Nigeria, further strengthening its role as an…
- 20 Jan 2022
MultiChoice Expands Hyperlocal Offering to Angola & Mozambique
MultiChoice, Pan-African entertainment company, has further expanded its hyperlocal offering with the launch of two new TV channels – Maningue Magic and Kwenda Magic – for audiences in Mozambique and…
- 27 Feb 2015
SEC Nigeria Signs MoU with CMC Angola
Coming on the sidelines of the 34th IOSCO AMERC Annual Meeting/Conference held in Muscat, Oman on the 24th February 2015, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Nigerian…
- 17 Jul 2023
The Hanke’s Misery Index: How Africa's Economic Challenges Are Holding Back the Continent Part 2
By Evans Woherem, Ph.D Economic Challenges in Angola, Ghana, and Other African Nations The 2022 HAMI rankings provide insights into the economic challenges faced by Angola, Ghana, and several other…
- 22 Apr 2017
Cable System Connecting Africa & Americas Creates New Route For Internet Traffic
Taking a step closer to completing a valuable new route for the global telecommunications sector, Angola Cables has announced the completion of the marine survey for the South Atlantic Cable System…
- 7 Nov 2017
SACS Begins the Deep-Water Installation
South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), the first submarine cable system across the South Atlantic is in the final stretch of its installation between Africa and South America. Angola Cables, the…
- 14 Jul 2023
Access Bank Completes Acquisition of Angolan’s Finibanco
Access Bank Plc, the flagship subsidiary of Access Holdings, has completed its acquisition of majority equity in Angolan entity, Finibanco Angola S.A. This was revealed in a notice filed on the…
- 10 Nov 2009
Craig Group Sets Up Shop in West Africa
The Craig Group has launched Craig International Supplies Lda. in Angola to cement its coverage of the African market. The oilfield procurement division of the global shipping and energy services…
- 19 Apr 2017
Nigeria to Grow by 0.8% in 2017 – IMF
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday forecast 2.6 percent growth in sub-Saharan Africa this year, aided by a modest recovery in large economies South Africa, Nigeria and Angola. “Growth is…
- 17 Jan 2014
Unitel, Ericsson Demo Africa’s First LTE-Advanced Technology
For the first time in Africa, Ericsson, together with Angola’s leading telecommunications provider Unitel, has successfully demonstrated LTE Advanced (LTE-A) Carrier Aggregation technology. The…
- 26 Jun 2025
Rack Centre Signs Collocation Deal with TelCables Nigeria
Rack Centre, West Africa's Tier III carrier- and cloud-neutral data centre, has struck a collocation agreement with TelCables Nigeria, an Angola Cables subsidiary. TelCables Nigeria is delivering its…
- 14 Jul 2023
Standard Chartered Affirms its Commitment to Nigeria while Entering into Sales Agreements with Access Bank Plc in Five African Countries
Standard Chartered Bank and Access Bank Plc (Access) have entered into agreements for the sale of Standard Chartered’s shareholding in its subsidiaries in Angola, Cameroon, The Gambia, and Sierra…
- 25 Aug 2014
UK Envoy on Trade and Investments visits Rack Centre
The Rack Centre recently hosted Peter Carter, the British Deputy High Commissioner Lagos, the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Nigeria and Angola Mr. David Heath MP alongside a business delegation…
- 12 Mar 2019
Nigeria, Tanzania Take First Prize in Huawei's Sub-Saharan Africa ICT Competition
Students from Nigeria and Tanzania were the overall joint winners of this year's sub-Saharan regional finals of Huawei's global ICT Competition. Together with second prize winners, Angola and Kenya,…
- 21 Aug 2017
Lessons in Digital Rights Advocacy from The Kenyan 2017 Elections
In an earlier blogpost, I had drawn the attention of the world to watch out for digital rights violations during 3 critical African elections in August – in Kenya, Rwanda and Angola. Digital rights…
- 21 Jun 2019
Vodacom Unit to Sell Operations in Nigeria, Others
Vodacom Group Ltd., South African mobile phone operator, announced on Friday its plan to sell its Business Africa unit’s Angolan operations and assets to Internet Technologies, Angola, for an…
- 28 Apr 2017
Work Begins on Cable System Connecting Africa with Americas
A marine survey has been completed for the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), meaning work can begin on the system that will connect the west coast of Africa with the Americas. SACS, which is…
- 27 Dec 2013
Nigeria Missing in Africa’s Top 5 Performing Economies of 2013
That Africa is set to become the world’s economic engine in the next 10 years or during the 21st century is no doubt a well-known fact. Unfortunately, Nigeria is not one of the top five. Countries…
- 28 May 2026
How MTN and SMEDAN are Closing Nigeria’s $158 Billion Funding Gap for 40 Million Small Businesses
Nigeria’s mySMEville platform is becoming a key driver for Africa’s digital economy by closing the financial and skills gaps holding back the country’s nearly 40 million MSMEs. This was highlighted…
- 13 Mar 2019
6 Nigerians to Represent Africa @ Huawei ICT Global Competition
Nigeria, at the heart of development, is playing a key role in representing Africa on the global scale of ICT knowledge and capacity building. With a growing youth population and rapid advancement in…
- 19 May 2022
U.S, China Battle for Africa Mobile Phone Sector- VOA
Africa, in recent years, has become the new frontier where China and the United States, the world's two biggest economic superpowers, are competing for influence in a key industry:…
- 19 Dec 2012
2012: Alcatel-Lucent Reels Success Story, Activities
Alcatel-Lucent has a very strong presence in Africa, connected to its global organization, leveraging central support and ensuring best practices, the company has dedicated teams with local knowledge…
- 11 Jan 2021
Uganda, Ghana and Botswana have Highest Percentage of Women Businesses owners in the world
The 2020 Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) has once again ranked Uganda (39.6%), Botswana (38.5%) and Ghana (36.5%) as the world’s three leading economies having the most women business…
- 12 Nov 2018
AfDB Achieves Significant Progress with Energy Projects Across Africa
The just-concluded Africa Investment Forum successfully convened key stakeholders, and provided an unprecedented platform for effective dialogue to drive investments into the continent. Running on…
- 14 Mar 2013
Nigerian’s Economy Set To Overtake South African’s – Survey
A new poll by Reuter- providers of breaking news, business, financial and investing articles from around the globe found that Nigeria could snatch South Africa’s crown as the continent’s economic…
- 10 Jul 2013
Internet Solutions Connects Nigeria, Nambia to WACS
Internet Solutions (IS) has said that it has connected Namibia (through its local implementation partner, ITN) and Nigeria to the West Africa Cable System (WACS). The company also plans to light up…