Capital market traders will have a chance of training with the Milken Institute and the George Washington University from August this year under a programme supported by World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC).

sub-Saharan African economies will grow at the slowest pace in 16 years and lower than the global average this year, reversing a trend that saw the region elevated to one of the fastest-expanding global frontiers in previous years, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday.

East African citizens will soon be able to make and receive calls across several African countries at reduced rates following a decision by several African states to implement the One Africa Network.

Google is scaling up its digital skills training programs to accommodate a million Africans in the next year, aiming to deal with high unemployment numbers on the continent.