Trump to Host Leaders of Five African Nations for Trade-Focused Summit

US President Donald Trump will welcome leaders from five African nations to the White House next week for a summit aimed at boosting trade and investment, a White House official confirmed Wednesday. Presidents from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia,...

ECOWAS: Validation Workshop For Second Submarine Cable Held In Liberia

Experts from the Member States involved in the second submarine cable project, along with their technical and financial partners, they are meet from the 22nd to the 24th of October 2025 in Monrovia, Liberia, to review and approve the feasibility...

Trump to host five African leaders next week to discuss 'commercial opportunities'

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump will host leaders from five African nations in Washington next week to discuss "commercial opportunities," a White House official said on Wednesday. Trump will host leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau,...

Works Minister Admits Bissau Embassy Project Flaws

By: Fatou Krubally The Minister for Transport, Works and Infrastructure, Ebrima Sillah, has admitted before lawmakers that serious lapses in procurement and supervision led to costly setbacks in The Gambia’s embassy project in Guinea-Bissau,...

TAP IS EUROPE’S BEST AIRLINE TO AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA

TAP Air Portugal received two awards in Sardinia, Italy, at the World Travel Awards 2025 (WTA 25) ceremony, as Best European Airline to Africa and Best European Airline to South America. Sofia Lufinha, TAP’s Chief Customer Officer, who received...

Guinea-Bissau PM's adviser arrested in Spain on drug charges, police say

Spanish police have arrested a special adviser to the prime minister of Guinea-Bissau, on the island of Tenerife in an investigation into suspected corruption and drug trafficking involving police officers, authorities said on Friday. Following...

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025

Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Financial Prosecutor’s Office: A complaint against Antoine Diome! 2763 views • 2 comments SOCIETY 7 P.M.

Antoine Félix Diome has been the subject of a complaint filed with the Financial and Judicial Prosecutor’s Office. However, the former Minister of the Interior has not stood idly by, as he has also responded. Filing a complaint against Antoine...

Independence: Escudo was Portuguese, but thrived as the currency of Cape Verde

The Cape Verdean archipelago inherited the escudo from its colonial regime, later establishing its own currency, the Cape Verdean escudo, under a currency agreement with Portugal. While visiting the main market in the capital, Praia, the currency...

Nine dead in pirogue shipwreck off Guinea-Bissau coast

BISSAU, June 26 (Xinhua) -- A pirogue capsized Wednesday evening off the coast of the Bijagos Islands in Guinea-Bissau, leaving nine of its 27 passengers dead, local media reported Thursday, citing eyewitness accounts of the tragedy. The alert was...

Leo Stan Ekeh: “I Founded Zinox Group to Create Confidence and Faith in Our Digital Economy…”

Advertisements There is an African proverb that says, “What an elder sees sitting down, a young man cannot see even if he climbs a tree.” This timeless wisdom speaks to the far-reaching foresight of elders and pioneers whose quiet convictions and...

Guinea-Bissau Joins Afrobarometer Network in First-Ever National Survey Initiative

Afrobarometer has partnered with Guinea-Bissau’s Instituto Guineense de Pesquisa Aplicada para o Desenvolvimento (IGPAD) to conduct its inaugural national survey in the country, marking a strategic expansion of the pan-African research network....

World Bank: Conflict, instability driving extreme poverty in Nigeria and 38 other economies 

The World Bank has raised alarm over the growing impact of conflict and instability on 39 developing economies, including Nigeria, warning that these states are being left behind on key development indicators, with extreme poverty, hunger, and...

All Set for Episcopal Consecration of Catholic Bishop for Bafatá Diocese in Guinea-Bissau

Born in April 1967 in Cúmura in the Catholic Diocese of Bissau, the Bishop-elect was ordained a Priest in May 1998 in Nhoma, Guinea Bissau. As a Priest, Mons. Quematcha served as OFM Cap. Assistant Novice Master in Dapaong, Togo, and Rector at St....

Digital ID revolution: Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, PNG make strides

Homepage > News > Business > Digital ID revolution: Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, PNG make strides Digital identity is no longer a buzzword; it’s the foundation of the rapidly growing digital economy. Most governments are spending millions of dollars to...

Two European countries in ‘red zone’ of climate finance vulnerability

By&nbspEuronews Green Published on 26/06/2025 - 15:41 GMT+2 A new index has identified the countries most vulnerable to climate shocks. More than two billion people live in ‘red zone’ nations, where the risk of a major hazard or disaster is high...

Global Climate Risk Index Ranks 188 Countries by Vulnerability and Access to Finance

The Climate Finance Vulnerability Index ranks 188 countries according to both their vulnerability to hazards and their financial resilience. Researchers at the Columbia Climate School, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, have unveiled a...

Trade, cross-border payments across West Africa receives boost with new pact

• Verve Partners GIM-UEMOA To Unlock West African Payment Access Traders and businessmen across the West African countries will soon begin to enjoy easy financial transactions across borders with the berthing of new payments solution arrangements....

Zinox chair urges entrepreneurs to build wealth

Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, has urged young Nigerian entrepreneurs to focus on building lasting systems that drive national development rather than chasing quick wealth. Ekeh gave this advice while addressing a gathering of young...

Portugal the “Best Destination in Europe”

The World Travel Awards European gala honoured the best tourism and travel companies in Europe on Wednesday, October 22nd, at an event held at the Forte Village Resort in Sardinia, Italy, according to a report by Publituris. Portugal emerged...