October 2020

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Swedfund targets renewables
Gunilla Nilsson, Senior Investment Manager at Swedfund, talks to us what drives the Swedish development funding institution's strategy in funding African energy projects Can you explain Swedfund’s mandate in supporting African energy projects? We have three focus sectors, one of which is energy and climate. Most of our energy activities are focused on financing projects related to renewable ener
SepSeptember 15^th, 2020
Jobs at Africa University
Africa University is an International Pan African and United Methodist Church Related Institution in Zimbabwe, with a mission to provide quality education within a Pan-African context through which people can acquire general and professional knowledge and skills, grow in spiritual maturity and develop sound moral values, ethics and leadership qualities. In pursuit of this we invite applications fr
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Egypt, South Africa and Morocco attract the most FDI in 2019
Out of the 998 projects financed by foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa last year, Egypt, South Africa, and Morocco were responsible for the greatest share, according to a recent report by fDi Intelligence.Egypt replaced South Africa as the top ranked destination by projects in the region, experiencing a 60% increase from 85 to 136 projects in 2019, the report said.Along with a $12bn IMF
Tom Collins • OctOctober 21^st, 2020
Nigeria’s Silverbird secures English Premier League rights as season kicks off
Nigeria’s Silverbird Television has secured the rights to broadcast one English Premier League (EPL) game per week during the 2020-21 season, which kicks off on Saturday. Lagos-based Silverbird, the multimedia owner of TV and radio stations, will air one of the 3pm fixtures each Saturday on its free-to-air channel while it will also broadcast EPL-produced magazine programmes. The broadcaster sec
SepSeptember 11^th, 2020

Boosting Africa’s recovery by investing in mental health
Mental health“The capacity of thought, emotion, and behaviour that enables every individual to realise their own potential in relation to their developmental stage, to cope with the normal stresses of life, to study or work productively and fruitfully, and to contribute to their community.”– Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable DevelopmentProfessors John Joska (left) and C
NovNovember 15^th, 2020
Old vehicles offer new opportunities for Cars45
The used-car market is driving car ownership in Africa, and digital firms such as Nigeria’s Cars45 are helping to make the retail market organised, fast, transparent and hassle-free, as Linus Unah reports. On a recent sunny afternoon in Lagos, law student Promise Okwuchukwu saw a black Honda Accord sedan parked at an auto mechanic shop in the Ebute-Metta neighbourhood. Tacked to the windscreen an
FebFebruary 20^th, 2020