First Brick Holdings, a US-based investment company, has announced that it is establishing and investing in ‘Raxio Ethiopia’, which will build and operate the first privately owned data centre in Ethiopia
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There's still time to implement South Africa's reforms, says Afreximbank chief
Dr Hippolyte Fofack, chief economist at the African Import/Export Bank, (Afreximbank) talks to African Review about the potential growth of South Africa’s economy despite the challenges ahead
Uganda trade minister addresses UIOGS on local content and diversification
Amelia Kyambadde, Uganda’s minister for trade, industry and cooperation, stressed the importance of meeting and exceeding local content requirements and diversifying the economy beyond oil and gas when she addressed the Uganda International Oil & Gas Summit (UIOGS) in Kampala yesterday
Ecobank announces appointment of new senior fintech advisor
Ecobank Group, the pan-African bank, has announced the appointment of Aissatou Djiba Diallo, formerly of Microsoft, as its new senior fintech advisor to strategically raise Ecobank’s support for the fintech sector
Pan-African banking is changing the region’s financial landscape
African Reviews economist Moin Siddiqi looks at how pan-African banks are now filling the gap Western banks once held across the continent