Ghana: The United States announces bilateral assistance of $139 million for this country in fiscal year 2024 Kenya: Kenyan authorities hope to sign a trade agreement with the USA by April 2024 Africa: Kenya Airways and South African Airways were to finalize their plan to create a pan-African airline in 2024 South Africa: Government to provide more than $77 million in financing to entrepreneurs in 2023 South Africa: The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the University of Edinburgh (UoE) in Great Britain have announced a collaboration to launch a doctoral training center on sustainable development in Africa Africa: Russia and some African countries are moving towards the use of national currencies for the settlement of their trade exchanges Africa: The African Development Bank will invest 10 billion dollars to make Africa the breadbasket of the world Africa: UK government and African leaders brainstorm ways to tackle food insecurity on the continent Kenya: The country’s GDP growth is expected to accelerate to 6.2% in 2023 from 5.6% in 2022 Africa: Trade within the East African Community (EAC) reached $10.17 billion in September 2022