According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Benin has tripled the number of companies opened by youth in 2022
Finance
Apex Group supports New Forests in developing Africa’s forestry sector
![The African Forestry Impact Platform continues to raise capital to support the sustainability and development of Africa’s forestry sector. (Image source: Adobe Stock)](/images/Africa_forestry_preservation.jpg)
The African Forestry Impact Platform continues to raise capital to support the sustainability and development of Africa’s forestry sector. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
Apex Group Ltd., a global financial services provider, has been mandated by New Forests, a global investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies, to deliver fund services to their African Forestry Impact Platform (AFIP)
UK and Kenya look to strengthen trade and secure jobs
![The Economic Partnership Council meets once every two years as part of the UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement . (Image source: Department for International Trade)](/images/UK_-_KENYA_COUNCIL-5.jpg)
The Economic Partnership Council meets once every two years as part of the UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement . (Image source: Department for International Trade)
The United Kingdom has hosted the first-ever UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Council Meeting, led by the UK Minister for State, Nigel Huddleston, and the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry, Moses Kuria
Arise IIP partners Bpifrance to encourage business connections between France and Africa
![Bpifrance and Arise IIP will work together to identify and support their respective ecosystems’ potentials and boost trade. (Image source: Adobe Stock)](/images/AdobeStock_305692514.jpg)
Bpifrance and Arise IIP will work together to identify and support their respective ecosystems’ potentials and boost trade. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
Bpifrance and Arise IIP have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop joint co-industrialisation projects and facilitate business ecosystem connections between Africa and France, in cooperation with all Bpifrance offices on the continent
African SMEs to receive funding though AGF and BII partnership
![The partnership will also encourage lending to SMEs that are women-owned or led. (Image source: Adobe Stock)](/images/AdobeStock_3094322788.jpg)
The partnership will also encourage lending to SMEs that are women-owned or led. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
African Guarantee Fund (AGF), a leading Pan African guarantee provider, has announced a partnership of a US$75mn re-guarantee agreement for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across Africa