Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Spanish city of Barcelona will June host the Africa Energy Forum (AEF), which is expected to bring together some 800 delegates to discuss Africa's power sector, organisers announced Thursday. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) and Algeria are to sign a strategic accord on energy, according to a communiqué issued here Thursday at the end of a meeting of officials from EU member states. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The international donors' conference aimed at assisting Mali "rediscover" itself was held here Wednesday with participants raising 3.25 billion euros, the Malian interim president, Dioncounda Traoré, announced at the end of the roundtable. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The African Development Fund (ADF) Wednesday said it held its 13 presentation workshops on the fund’s ''priorities and operational strategies'' in Cote d'Ivoire with six West African sub-regional ministers in attendance. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are the latest exchange rates for the CFA issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), as published here Wednesday by the financial institution: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Rwanda franc: Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The total value of daily electronic funds transfer in Nigeria has risen to 80 billion naira, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said, hailing the introduction of its Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon and the European Union (EU) have signed a F FCFA 93 billion fisheries agreement under which seven tuna boats and eight rod-using vessels are allowed to operate in the Gabonese territorial waters with a fixed quantity of 20,000 tons to be fished for the European bloc, the Directorate of Fisheries announced here Tuesday. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - A new financial institution, Mouamalat Assahiha Bank, has been established in Mauritania to operate exclusively according to the Islamic finance code. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As the debate over the newly-unveiled National Civil Aviation Policy 2013 continues in Nigeria, the federal government has explained that some controversial parts of the policy were necessitated by the alleged use of private jets to smuggle cash and wanted persons out of the country. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian authorities are considering “appropriate measures” to be taken against a locally-based Chinese leather factory that tried to export illegally two containers loaded with about 100,000 pieces of semi-processed leather, according to press reports here. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Monday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Istanbul, Turkey (PANA) - Libya has solicited technical support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the chairman of the financial institution, Libyan government officials said. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Sunday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The following are the latest exchange rates in the week for the Nigerian currency, the Naira, against other major foreign currencies, as released by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – The European Union has given Gabon 942,000 Euros under an agreement aimed at supporting reform of public sector finance in the Central African state. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Rwandan franc: Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee: Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian national carrier "Mauritania Airlines" on Wednesday resumed flights to Europe following the ban slammed on it in 2010, according to a statement received by PANA Friday in Nouakchott. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the CFA franc issued by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC): Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa and Tunisia have negotiated and agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Economic Cooperation, which will provide for the establishment of the Joint Trade and Investment Committee (JTIC). Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Friday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Involving low-income communities in markets and businesses across Africa is essential for economic growth to translate into sustainable development, according to a UNDP report released Friday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing at a military facility in the country's oil city of Port Harcout on Thursday, but there were no casualty, the NAF spokesman, Group Capt. Dele Alonge said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government has announced it is working on a national industrial revolution plan to further encourage investors and local production. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Zambian kwacha: Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa's negative portrayal as “a risky continent in which to do business” must be tackled, Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), told a high-level roundtable on ‘Building Private Equity and Private Capital Markets in Africa'. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The European Union (EU) will provide euros 9.5 million to support growers in Tanzania Mainland’s sugar industry as well as civil society organisations in the offshore Zanzibar Island, it was officially announced here Thursday. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has described the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa as a perfect platform to promote the African Agenda. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Tanzanian shilling: Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana’s Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Nii Armah Ashietey, has called for the introduction of entrepreneurship as a course in institutions of higher learning in ECOWAS member states. Full text...

Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Moroccan bank, Attijariwafa Bank, has acquired majority shares in International Bank for Africa (BIA-Togo) by buying 55% of its capital. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Organisers of the ''Innovation Prize for Africa'' (IPA) award Wednesday named AgriProtein team as the winner of its 2013 Prize. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Gambian currency, the Dalasis (D): Full text...