The World Bank Group Boards of Executive Directors today approved up to $261 million in guarantees issued by the International Development Association, its concessional financing arm to Mauritania ($130 million), Senegal ($99 million) and Mali ($32...
The Lafarge Group has announced its intention to transfer all of its shares in its businesses in Nigeria and South Africa into Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc which will become Lafarge Africa Plc. Lafarge Africa, owned 73% by Lafarge Group, will...
Geodesy expert Richard Wonnacott, an Umvoto Africa Associate, has been awarded honorary membership of the South African Geomatics Institute (SAGI). The award was made at the SAGI Eastern Cape Branch 2014 AGM, held in Grahamstown. It acknowledged...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a Unit of Account (UA) 70 million (about $109 million) loan to the Government of Uganda. Uganda has received a $109 million loan to finance its Road Sector Support...
