As with most parts of the world, what started out as a health crisis has also turned into a humanitarian and economic crisis. While Covid-19 infections rates have been relatively low on the
Angola, Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana and Nigeria among the most hard hit amid Covid-19 and oil price plunge
April 13, 2020
The African Energy Chamber analyses the most vulnerable African countries amid the Covid-19 pandemic and low oil price
African Finance Ministers met on 19 March in a virtual conference to exchange ideas on the efforts of their respective governments in dealing with the social and economic impacts of COVID-19.
Call for essays on financial sector development
March 18, 2020
The Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership (MFW4A) invites researchers and students enrolled in an academic institution to submit an essay on the African financial sector.
African Insurance Award 2020
February 11, 2020
The African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) is pleased to announce entries for the 6th edition of the African Insurance Awards. The objective of the Awards is to reward
Nobody eats GDP
February 3, 2020
Africa’s economies are growing strongly, but growth alone cannot meet the needs of the continent’s poorest citizens, because “nobody eats GDP,” the African Development Bank’s (AfDB.org)
Africa's economy forecast to grow despite external shocks
January 31, 2020
The slower than expected growth is partly due to the moderate expansion of the continent’s “big five” — Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, and South Africa – whose joint growth was an average
Vast majority of the applications used in Uganda are still private and the APIs are only available to third parties at exorbitant costs
