Jubilee Metals signs a JV for US$15m copper project to expand operations 
Nigeria’s Access Bank to acquire Zambia’s Cavmont Bank 
Cooperative Bank gets a nod to acquire 90% stake in Jamii Bora Bank 
Isuzu East Africa makes a comeback to the Tanzania’s market after a three-year break 
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Jubilee Metals signs a JV for US$15m copper project to expand operations
ZAMBIA - Jubilee Metals has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with a private Zambian company to secure the rights to process two-million tonnes of...
Nigeria’s Access Bank to acquire Zambia’s Cavmont Bank
ZAMBIA - Access Bank Zambia, a subsidiary of Nigeria’s Access Bank Plc, has reached a definitive agreement with Cavmont Capital Holdings Zambia Plc (CCHZ) to...
Cooperative Bank gets a nod to acquire 90% stake in Jamii Bora Bank
KENYA - The Central Bank of Kenya has announced the acquisition of 90 percent of the shareholding of Jamii Bora Bank Limited by the Co-operative...
Isuzu East Africa makes a comeback to the Tanzania’s market after a three-year break
TANZANIA - Isuzu East Africa has announced its return to the Tanzanian market after three years of absence in an aim of expanding its footprint...
EIB and Afreximbank supports Africa’s resilience to COVID-19 with a US$354m financing
AFRICA - The European Investment Bank (EIB), an arm of the European Union, and multilateral trade finance institution, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), are supporting...
Plentywaka raises funds to take bus-booking platform to Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja
NIGERIA - Nigerian bus-hailing startup, Plentywaka, has raised a pre-seed capital of $300,000 which it aims to use to support its plans of expanding into...
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