Africas PPP coverage is growing. (Image source: Luke Barras-Hill)
The use of public private partnership (PPP) contracts are becoming more prevalent on the continent, but the mechanism requires careful handling by all partners to deliver scalable benefits across the value chain, delegates attending a recent African PPP event in London heard
Paul Hartwell, chief executive, BACB (Source: BACB)
British Arab Commercial Bank (BACB) has concluded a pre-export finance facility deal worth up to €25mn (US$27mn) with prominent Ivory Coast cocoa exporter Société Amer et Frères (SAF)
Akinwumi Adesina at the African Progress Panel in 2014. (Image sourced: Eric Roset/Commons)
A high-level conference organised by the African Development Bank at its headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire discussed a number of issues concerning the future of African youth
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Suqia. (Image source: Orient Planet)
The UAE Water Aid Foundation (Suqia), under the umbrella of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, has sponsored an innovative project by a team from the Carbon Ambassadors Programme
UBA and EIB have agreed a new lending programme for Nigeria (Source:Facebook UBA Group)
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have agreed a record €60mn ($65mn) lending programme – the first initiative under the latters dedicated Nigeria Private Investment Facility – to support private sector growth in the country
