Dubai-based private equity investor Abraaj Group debuts in Algeria, targeting a sector where it has garnered extensive global experience
Doha flag carrier continues steady expansion into Africa, scheduling flights to Asmara just a month after its first flight to adjacent Djibouti
Ras Al Khaimah energy interest expands West African Holding, alongside continued investments in Somaliland and across MENA
Lagos’ Arik Air has extended its reach into the Middle East, scheduled five direct weekly flights from Abuja to Dubai in a move at odds with recent statements by AFRAA and IATA that excessive taxation is ruining the compet...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recognised 16 African companies as ‘Global Growth Companies’ (GGCs) among the ‘trailblazers, shapers and innovators’ helping to shape Africa with revenue growth, the pro...
Global Hotels Management Africa (GHMA), an affiliate of the Dubai-based Global Hotels Management, is will be launching the Ramada Nairobi hotel as owner and operator, expanding on its work with the brand at the Ramada Hotel &...;
(IMAGE: Qatari Energy Minister Mohamed Saleh Al-Sada with Kenyan Pesident Kenyatta) President Uhuru Kenyatta signed a bilateral tax deal with Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in one of many successes of a top-level vi...
Rani Investment is adding three properties to its shared Mozambique portfolio with the Minor Hotel Group (MHG), all of which will be reflagged under the Anantara and Avani brands later this year, while in Zambia the Du...
Gulf Africa Review covered a wide variety of high-profile deals between parties from countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and those in Sub-Saharan Africa during the first quarter of 2014. Below are the to...
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and Dangote Group have announced that they will partner to boost job creation in Africa, following a meeting between Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group, and Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali, IDB...
Dubai Islamic Bank has begun exploring opportunities in Kenya and other African countries amid diversification efforts to grow its revenue base away from a state of dependence on its predominant UAE income and towards a number o...
The Africa Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved an investment of $930m in Kenya over the next five years to strengthen the economy through infrastructure development and more direct measures aimed at enhancing job creation...
Aramex CEO Hussein Hachem has said his company is very eager to accelerate its expansion into Sub-Saharan Africa, as it plots up to $200m in acquisitions in the continent this year. “We’re very bullish in our acqui...
Honey Care’s CEO discusses balancing benefit and profit in a social enterprise, sustainably monetising a model and selling it abroad
African Airlines Association determined to make good on the promises of the past and push through the Yamoussoukro Declaration by January
Gulf Africa Review speaks with Yaw Owusu, founder of Gateway Innovations - now developing West Africa's first technology park
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Nigeria’s Arik Air adds UAE route, bucking African aviation pessimism