Ghana has been elected as the Vice Chairman of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for 2020- 2021 during the 53rd Session held recently, in New York, USA. UNCITRAL is the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of International Trade Law. A legal body with universal membership
Ethiopian Airlines, one of the fastest growing African carriers, has started thrice-weekly services to John F Kennedy (JFK) Airport in New York via Abidjan, effective June 17, 2019. JFK is the sixth busiest airport in the United States and an international gateway into North America. Tewolde GebreMariam, Group CEO of Ethiopian Airlines said: “It gives
Mastercard will invest $56 million in Jumia, a pan-African e-commerce platform, ahead of the New York IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) of the United States. Jumia said Mastercard Europe SA has agreed to purchase €50.0 million ($56 million) of ordinary shares in a concurrent private placement at a price per share equal
Top Pan-African e-commerce platform Jumia, which is partially owned by telecoms giant MTN, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to raise capital to take the value of the company to more than $1.6 billion (R22.88bn). Jumia said in documents submitted to the NYSE that the
