The Food and Agriculture Organization and the Islamic Development Bank have reached a $1bn agreement to fund agricultural development.
p>The Food and Agriculture Organization and the Islamic Development Bank have reached a $1bn agreement to fund agricultural development.Finance
The power of mobile money
Once the toys of rich yuppies, mobile phones have evolved in a few short years to become tools of economic empowerment for the world’s poorest people.
Angola's AAA Activos and Standard Bank agree deal
South Africas Standard Bank has entered a strategic partnership with Angolan insurance and fund management firm AAA Activos
UN tackles central African deforestation in US$7.3 million project
A UN-backed forest-monitoring initiative, valued at approximately US$7.3mn, will see 10 central African countries unite in the interest of protecting the region’s forests
Barclays to bring new life insurance services to Zambia
![Barclays will offer life insurance services to Zambian customers. (Image source: Stephen Craven/geograph.org.uk)](/images/Barclays_building_in_Docklands.jpg)
Barclays will offer life insurance services to Zambian customers. (Image source: Stephen Craven/geograph.org.uk)
Barclays and its subsidiary Absa group have jointly launched Barclays Life Zambia Ltd in a bid to offer life insurance services to Zambian clients