The African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (AGF) has entered into a re- guarantee transaction of an amount of up to US$74mn with GuarantCo, to increase its guarantee capacity for SME financing
Finance
Digital credit scoring paves way for affordable microloans in East Africa
More than 2.5bn people around the world, many of them in Africa, lack formal identification that enables them to access to financial and government services, according to the United Nations and the ID2020 project
Private equity opportunities in Africa
Private equity represents a source of working capital, complementing more traditional bank debt and project finance, with PE investors offering more than just funds
Dangote Cement gives scholarship to 115 students in Nigeria’s Ogun state
In a major boost to its corporate social responsibility profile, Dangote Cement Plc’s Ibese Plant has announced educational scholarship award for 115 students from its 15 host communities for the 2017/2018 academic session
The US and Libya sign cultural property protection agreement
The government of Libya and the US government will sign cultural property protection agreement, to impose import restrictions on Libyas cultural property to the US