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
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Uganda trade minister addresses UIOGS on local content and diversification
Ms Kyambadde said regional cooperation was important if the oil and gas industry was going to succeed in Uganda. (UNCTAD/Flickr)
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
Ecobank’s mobile app has attracted more than five million users since its launch in 2016. (Image credit: Ecobank)
African Reviews economist Moin Siddiqi looks at how pan-African banks are now filling the gap Western banks once held across the continent
Malawi hosts AfCFTA sensitisation workshops in Lilongwe and Blantyre
The Ministry of Trade and Tourism in partnership with the Economic Commission for Africa and the African Union Commission (AUC) have organised AfCFTA Awareness Workshop in Lilongwe and Blantyre from 17-19 September