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IFC, Offers $185m Loan to Expand SBSA SMEs COVID-19 Lending Program

Businesses in South Africa are struggling following the disruption of regional and global activities across the tourism, manufacturing, agriculture, and other sectors due to the economic and social impact of.

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COVID-19: A period of repositioning for Strength and renewal for Africa – Lord Dollar Popat

By Mayowa Jolayemi The UK Prime Minister’s trade envoy to Rwanda and Uganda, Lord Dolar Popat, speaking at the African Leadership magazine’s 4th annual Africa Summit on 25 June 2020..

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Covid-19: Eswatini’s Multifaceted Approach to Economic Recovery

By Ehis Ayere The Africa’s Pulse, World Bank’s twice-yearly economic update for Sub-Saharan Africa, forecast that growth in the region will fall sharply from 2.4% in 2019 to -2.1 to.

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Moroccan Ambassador to South Africa is building the bridge between North and South

By Kerry Dimmer With the Ambassadorial appointment to South Africa of the Kingdom of Morocco’s Youssef Amrani, the two nations are working together to promote economic growth from both ends.

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Building Winning Connections for Start-ups in Francophone Africa

Sugaba, a regional platform which focuses on building solid entrepreneurial ecosystems for “missing middle” entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs in West Africa to promote regional integration, has partnered with the French.

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Mastercard Underpins its Commitment to Driving Economic Empowerment for All in Africa

Authored by Raghav Prasad: Divisional President, Sub-Saharan Africa, Mastercard. Africa is undergoing rapid digital transformation. According to the World Bank, the continent is home to four of the world’s top.

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Is fintech the key to African SMEs’ Covid-19 recovery?

Over the next 15 months, Africa is set to receive a total of $50bn towards its economic recovery from the World Bank, which has identified the protection of the region’s.

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Akinwumi Adesina – The Trials of an unapologetic Pan-Africanist

By Kingsley Okeke In 1981 when the African Development Bank, AfDB, sought it’s Board of Governors approval for non-African equity participation in the Bank, all member countries, except Nigeria, supported.

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Why I Am Resolute in My Afro-Optimism

By Cathy Smith, Managing Director at SAP Africa It is becoming clear that most – if not all – our major social, economic and political decisions over the next few.

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The Challenges of Remote Working in Developing Nations

By Mayowa Jolayemi Over the past few years, analysts and futurists have sufficiently predicted a future of work which is expected to be gradual and play out in phases as.

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