CICBD Partners with MYSCH for Small Business Holiday Market
Grand Cayman, 3 December 2025 – The Cayman Islands Centre for Business Development (CICBD) is pleased to announce a partnership with the Ministry of Youth, Sports, Culture and Heritage (MYSCH) to host this year’s Small Business Holiday Market. This strategic…
West Africa’s Grid Transformation to Take Center Stage at MSGBC 2025
Regional leaders will examine grid integration, regulatory reforms and investment opportunities shaping West Africa’s evolving power market DAKAR, Senegal, December 3, 2025/ — African upstream oil and gas operators are accelerating efforts to integrate renewable and lower-carbon energy sources into…
Stark outlook for First Guardian investors as $336k Lamborghini and brewery sold
By Richard Wood • Senior Journalist From 9News Liquidators of the company behind the collapsed superannuation fund First Guardian Master Trust are warning they face an unphill battle to recover hundreds of millions of dollars owed to investors. First Guardian…
Cayman: DPSC Brac CCTV Expansion Programme
Launch of the Cayman Brac phase of the National CCTV Development Programme, titled “Expanding the Eyes of the Nation”. The Honourable Minister for District Administration and Home Affairs, Nickolas DaCosta, JP, MP, welcomed the Brac activation as a “practical investment…
Cameroon: African Development Bank Group approves €25 million trade finance facility to enable Crédit Communautaire d’Afrique-Bank expand support to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
The facility, approved at a Board session held on 1 December in Abidjan, will be deployed as a Transaction Guarantee, a Bank Group product that provides risk cover to eligible African banks for their trade finance transactions ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast,…
Cayman: Finish 2025 Strong & Launch 2026 Profitably
By Christine Ntim The Personal Brand & Business Journal — December Issue #1 December is here — the final stretch of 2025. As the year winds down, now is the moment to pause, reflect, and take deliberate action. These last…
Cayman: Civil Servants Rally to Support Hurricane Relief in Jamaica
Cayman Islands Government employees have raised CI$26,030 through the CIG Cares Outreach Programme to support Jamaican communities impacted by Hurricane Melissa. All contributions will be directed to the Government of Jamaica’s Relief Fund and the Red Cross to provide immediate…
Africa Finance Corporation Raises Record US$524m in Dual-Currency Samurai Loan Facility
The transaction marks AFC’s largest Samurai loan to date and reinforces the Corporation’s growing footprint in Japan’s capital markets LAGOS, Nigeria, December 2, 2025/ — Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has closed a landmark…
G20 Summit: Norway reaffirms support to Africa’s development with NOK 3.1 billion pledge to the African Development Fund’s seventeenth replenishment
The seventeenth replenishment of the African Development Fund will be finalized at a pledging session in London from 15 to 16 December 2025 ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, December 2, 2025/ — Norway reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to Africa’s low-income countries with…
FG Gold, Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Afreximbank Achieve Financial Close on US$330 Million Senior Debt Financing for Baomahun Gold Project
During operations, the mine is expected to support up to 900 direct and indirect jobs, contribute approximately 10% of national GDP, and stimulate substantial local supply chain growth FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, December 1, 2025/ — FG Gold Limited (“FG Gold”)…
