Akinwumi Adesina is the president of the African Development Bank. (Image Source: Eric Roset/Flickr)
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) ‘Fight COVID-19’ social bond was listed on London Stock Exchange on 3 April 2020
The Africa COVID-19 Response Fund is a financial instrument to mobilise and manage funds from the private sector in Africa. (Image source: Tony/Adobe Stock)
Ahead of an expected surge in cases of COVID-19 in Africa, the African Union and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have launched a public-private partnership with the AfroChampions Initiative, known as the Africa COVID-19 Response Fund
The heads of states and government urged for the immediate lifting of all economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and Sudan to allow them to adequately respond to the pandemic. (Image source: GovernmentZA/Flickr)
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and chairperson of the African Union (AU) convened a second and follow-up teleconference meeting of the AU Bureau of heads of state and government to discuss the African response to the COVID-19 pandemic
According to Mupita, the impact of the virus on international financial markets did not change the mobile network operator’s plans to sell part of its 79 per cent shareholding to local investors. (Image source: Ahmad Ardity/Pixabay)
MTN Group is considering selling part of its majority holding in its lucrative Nigerian arm despite the negative economic impact of COVID-19, according to Ralph Mupita, MTN Group financial officer
Keystone Bank is a technology and service-driven commercial bank offering convenient and reliable solutions to its customers. (Image source: Pexels/Pixabay)
Nigeria’s Keystone Bank has appointed Olaniran Olayinka as its acting managing director
