Category: Investing

Nobel laureate Esther Duflo spelled out what an inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 crisis should entail and outlined lessons learned from the pandemic, while delivering the 17th edition of UNCTAD’s prestigious Raúl Prebisch Lecture on 15 June.

Accra, Ghana//-Three young Ghanaian entrepreneurs say the survival of any kind of business is hinged on bookkeeping.

Lagos, Nigeria//- The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, has successfully trained over 200,000 entrepreneurs in core business management skills as part of its 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme.

Washington DC, US//-The World Bank Group has updated its approach to help strengthen regional integration in Africa. This reinforces the institution’s support to help the continent recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and realize its economic transformation through 2021-2023.

Accra, Ghana//-A new Afrobarometer Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Scorecard for Ghana shows that the country is making progress on trust in state institutions as well as access to clean water/sanitation and affordable energy.

African economies are at a pivotal juncture. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought economic activity to a standstill. Africa’s hard-won economic gains of the last two decades, critical in improving living standards, could be reversed.

Washington DC, US//- World Bank Group President David Malpass announced that the bank has spent over $125 billion to fight the health, economic, and social impacts of the COVID-19 worldwide since the outbreak of the pandemic.

Washington DC, US//— The global economy is expected to expand 5.6% in 2021, the fastest post-recession pace in 80 years, largely on strong rebounds from a few major economies.

Lagos, Nigeria//-The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, has partnered with DEG, the German development financial institution supporting the private sector in emerging-market countries, to empower an additional 200 entrepreneurs across Africa.

Accra, Ghana//-The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has urged Economic Counsellors of Embassies, High Commissions, and business chambers of commerce to support Ghana CARES programme.