Category: Investing

Creating female-centric financial products and solutions for Africa’s power-force of women entrepreneurs is gaining momentum as a core focus for banking and financial services industries on the continent.

Washington DC, U.S//—The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization met with the CEOs of leading vaccine manufacturing companies to discuss strategies to improve the access to COVID-19 vaccines, especially in low- and lower middle-income countries and in Africa. 

Cape Town, South Africa//-The organisers of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) have met with the business community in Cape Town on 15 September to raise awareness about the substantial benefits of attending the continental trade fair.

Doha, Qatar//-Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), a leading onshore financial and business centre in the region, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rwanda Finance Limited (RFL) to facilitate initiatives that will promote the international development of both QFC and Kigali International Financial Centre.

Accra, Ghana//-The Importers and Exporters Association says its operations across the country has created thousands of direct and indirect jobs in the private sector and impacted hugely on the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for economic growth and development.

Accra, Ghana//-The Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) has released its mini report on Ghana’s current unemployment situation, with some cogent solutions to the canker.

Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita (R) welcomes his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapidis to Rabat, in August 2021. The normalisation of relations between the two precipitated the breakup of Moroccan-Algerian diplomatic ties. EPA-EFE/Alal Morchidi Yahia H. Zoubir, Kedge Business School The breakup of diplomatic relations between Algeria and Morocco in August is the product of a […]

Nigeria’s economy is struggling to recover from fluctuating oil price, inflation and impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College The World Bank recently ranked Nigeria fifth on the list of 10 countries to which it has the highest debt exposure. Nigeria owes the International Development Association […]

Electrochem Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of McDan Group of Companies, has released an amount of GH¢3 million to support women in their trading activities in Ada and its environs in the Greater Accra Region.

Despite a fast-growing informal sector economy, data from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has shown a constant decline in tax collection from the sector in recent times.