The President said one of the challenges Uganda needed to tackle was electricity but the country did not get cooperation from the western countries in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s
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Societe Generale launches new mobile money solution YUP in Africa
Societe Generale has introduced new African mobile bank YUP in the Ivory Coast and Senegal, aiming to providing a new alternative to the traditional banking model, with a full range of transactional and financial services even without a bank account
AfDB’s Vanessa Moungar appointed to the French presidential council for Africa
Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, has appointed Vanessa Moungar, director for gender, women and civil society of the African Development Bank (AfDB), to his presidential council for Africa
Ecobank: Continuing along the path to growth
In a wide-ranging interview, Ecobank’s Global Chief Executive, Ade Ayeyemi talks to African Review about the bank’s ambitious strategy. Stephen Williams posed the questions
IMF executive board concludes EPE for Morocco
On August 1, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Ex-Post Evaluation (EPE) of exceptional access under the 2014–16 Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL) arrangement