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
Nigeria’s Entrepreneurs Key to Africa’s Prosperity
January 15, 2020
U.S. Consul General Claire Pierangelo on Tuesday reiterated the importance of Nigeria’s entrepreneurs to the continued growth of economies in the West African sub-region and the
The 2019 Africa Investment Forum is living up to its promise to move from commitment to action
November 12, 2019
A $500 million equity deal presented by the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund last year, to speed up investments in agriculture, and a $175 million equity transaction from the Africa
Africa Investment Forum: “Short on talk, heavy on deals”
November 11, 2019
The Africa Investment Forum will be short on talk and heavy on deals, the South African Government, the African Development Bank and key partners affirmed at a press conference
