The second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2020) will be organised by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the African Union and the government of Rwanda in Kigali from 1-7 September 2020
Economy
European Investment Bank expands investment insurance benefits to West Africa
The European Investment Bank has formally agreed to support the membership expansion of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) with a concessional financing facility to cover the shareholding of three prospective members - Cameroon, Niger and Togo
‘With right policies, Africa can be world’s next economic hub’
With the right policies and linkages, Africa has the potential to become an indispensable global economic hub, according to Singapore’s senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam
EXX Africa addresses Africa’s political and economic outlook
Robert Besseling, executive director at EXX Africa, has forecasted on political, security and economic risk across all African countries
Enhancing impact: digitalisation, investment and intra-African trade
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) opened in Cape Town on 29 October 2019 with stirring calls from speakers for women to move from having conversations about economic empowerment to radical action