Sylvia Chahonyo, general manager at East Africa, GCR Ratings, chaired an Invest Africa webinar entitled ‘East Africa Outlook 2021’ to discuss the region’s experience over the last year, and its prospects moving forward
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How to stimulate post-Covid investment in mining exploration in Africa
Hubert Danso, CEO of Africa investor (Ai), an institutional investment platform, and chairman of AUs Continental Business Network, talked to delegates at the Africa Mining Forum on how to attract investment into mining in Africa
AfDB grants US$11.26mn for women and girls’ education in Chad
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant of US$11.26mn to the government of Chad to finance the Girls Education and Womens Literacy Project – the countrys first AfDB grant exclusively targeting women and girls
Germany supports Namibia for economic revival of SMEs
Development Bank of Namibia (DBN) and the Development Bank of Germany (KfW) have signed a loan agreement in which KfW will provide refinancing for DBN’s non-agricultural small business loan scheme
Temenos Infinity and Temenos Payments to drive financial inclusion in Egypt
Temenos Infinity and Temenos Payments will help Arab Investment Bank to improve performance, drive its digital growth strategy and provide a boost to financial inclusion for millions of Egyptians