Abstract Sovereign credit ratings influence investor confidence by signalling a country’s fiscal and macroeconomic credibility. For Ghana, recent upgrades from 2024–2026 have coincided with improved macroeconomic stability and conditions that enable microeconomic improvements at the firm and household level.
Trump’s visit to China to meet Xi Jinping could set the groundwork for future cooperation – or not – in the years ahead for the world’s largest two economies, and global investors will be eyeing this high-stakes trip carefully.
Frank Gerits, Utrecht University The 2026 Africa-France summit in Nairobi on May 11-12 is the first to be held in an African country that is not a former French colony. It is also the first to be held since the dramatic collapse of relations between France and several West African countries – notably Mali, Burkina […]
Hong Kong SAR -Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) is set to broaden its strategic engagement with the African continent as Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion Ms Loretta Lee, Sunday 10, May embarked on an eight-day visit to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Kigali, Rwanda.
Education is one of the most powerful long-term investments available to societies.1 Strong education systems drive productivity, earnings growth, and social mobility—and education investments can often generate sustainable market-rate financial returns.
Nairobi, Kenya,// — Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org) and the Government of Kenya have signed a Host Country Agreement establishing AFC’s first regional office in Nairobi, expanding the Corporation’s platform for scaling infrastructure investment and industrial development across Africa.
Stock markets are looking past the US-Iran war, and you should too to grow and preserve your investments, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations, urging investors to see beyond the headlines dominating the geopolitical narrative.
Washington D.C., United States of America// — The Government of Italy, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) have signed a bilateral co-financing agreement strengthening their strategic partnership to support priority projects across key sectors in Africa, including energy, […]
The Investment Gateway Summit returns to St. Kitts and Nevis on 17-20 June 2026 for its third iteration.
Lagos, Nigeria// — Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, today announced its equity investment in Dhamana Guarantee Company Limited, a credit enhancement facility established to unlock long-term, local-currency financing for infrastructure projects across East Africa.
