Clickatell, an authorised WhatsApp business solution provider, has announced that United Bank for Africa (UBA) will be going live with their chat banking solution – Leo on WhatsApp
Finance
AfDB and MCB to launch African domestic bond fund
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and MCB Capital Markets has announced to launch of the African domestic bond fund (ADBF), the first multijurisdictional sovereign fixed income exchange-traded fund on the continent
Somalia, Eritrea and Ethiopia to hold trilateral talks on economic integration
The President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is leading efforts to consolidate gains made at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation by facilitating the prospect of a tripartite agreement on economic Integration between the countries of the Horn
PwC survey: Africa’s insurance industry poised for further growth
The opportunities for growth in Africa’s insurance industry are huge despite recent economic and political uncertainty, according to PwC’s report – ‘Ready and Willing: African insurance industry poised for growth’
ECA leads UN efforts for a stable and prosperous Sahel region
The UN is revamping its action plan to address the root causes of the complex crisis in Africa’s Sahel region, in particular outlining a development vision for the region through a prospective socio-economic study by its agencies led by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)