There is a huge shortfall in the investment needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and the private sector has a crucial role to play in plugging it.
How gender-lens investing can boost the post-pandemic recovery
With companies founded by women still receiving less than half as much funding as those founded by men, we need to do more to challenge gender bias in investment.
Africa needs to take bold, transformative action on climate change
Africa's approach to climate change is based on a notion of the continent stuck in the past. It's time to replace it with a forward-looking vision.
Proparco takes stock after ambitious investment strategy
In the last five years, French DFI Proparco has greatly expanded its footprint in Africa. CEO Grégory Clemente outlines its strategy.
‘This will be a decade of infrastructure expansion for Nigeria’
Babatunde Fashola, Nigeria's Minister for Works and Housing, outlines the government's strategy to boost growth through infrastructure investment.
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Sustainable Agriculture in Africa
Stories, initiatives, new ideas and solutions to drive sustainable agriculture in partnership with OCP.In partnership with
Promoting gender diversity at the workplace: OCP Group partners with IFC to get EDGE certification
EDGE certification will support OCP's commitment to promoting equal opportunities not only within the organisation but also across Morocco and Africa.Africa can offer solutions to help deliver Europe’s decarbonisation
Decarbonisation is the future for both Africa and Europe, explains Hanane Mourchid, Senior Vice-President, Sustainability Platform, at the OCP Group.OCP Group executes ground-breaking intra-African trade transaction through blockchain
Thousands of tons of fertilisers are being shipped from Morocco to Ethiopia through blockchain transactions worth nearly $400m.
South Africa – eyes on the future but mired in the present
Tom Collins presents an in-depth analysis of the country’s challenges.African telecoms – special report
As demand for data, broadband and infrastructure rockets, we look at the huge opportunities in Africa's telecoms sector.Spotlight on education in Africa
The need for knowledge and skills has never been greater. How can we make education in Africa the best in the world?
MD, Verdant CapitalEdmund Higenbottam: Investing in African fintech
Edmund Higenbottam talks us through the vast opportunities for investors in Africa's fintech sector.
Chief Economist, Renaissance CapitalCharlie Robertson: Highlights in Africa over 2020 and a look ahead to 2021
In this episode we are joined by renowned Africa commentator, Charlie Robertson, chief economist for Renaissance Capital.
CEO, Inclusivity SolutionsJeremy Leach: Accelerating financial inclusion with Insurtech
Jeremy Leach, CEO and founder of Inclusivity Solutions, based in Cape Town, South Africa, tells us how his company is helping to improve access to insurance across Africa.
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In the April issue of African Business magazine, out now, we take a detailed look at how Nigeria plans to build back after the economic ravages of the pandemic. With hopes of a long-awaited rise in the price of oil and a raft of multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects in the pipeline, we ask whether the recovery will be sustainable or prove yet another false dawn.
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Africa Digital Banking Report
African Banker and Backbase published the leading report focusing on digital transformation in the banking sector.In partnership with
Digital banking in Africa - a roadmap for success
The Digital Banking Survey, a collaboration between African Banker magazine and Backbase in July 2020, has resulted in an essential insight into the future of this fast-moving sector.The online revolution comes to African banking
Digital transformation is revolutionising the African banking scene. Read our analysis of what banks need to know in order to flourish in the new environment.
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African Guarantee Fund
African Business brings you the latest news and updates from the African Guarantee Fund (AGF), the pan-African non-bank financial institution that promotes development by assisting financial institutions to scale up their SME financing.In partnership with
Felix Bikpo: "If the AGF cannot support the SME sector now then it should not exist"
Outgoing CEO of the African Guarantee Fund Felix Bikpo tells us how the AGF is mitigating the economic fallout of Covid-19.African Guarantee Fund and Afriland First Bank partner to finance SMEs/SMIs, support women entrepreneurship and promote green businesses
African Guarantee Fund has issued a loan portfolio guarantee amounting to USD 10 million to Afriland First Bank to support SMEs, women entrepreneurs and green economy in Cameroon.African Development Bank's AFAWA and AGF partner to unlock loans to women entrepreneurs
The partnership will unlock $1.3-2bn in loans to women-owned SMEs in Africa and signals the launch of AFAWA's Guarantee for Growth programme.