Category: Investing

Bitcoin investors should be braced for – but not put off by – “much greater government scrutiny,” warns the boss of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and fintech organisations.

David Moinina Sengeh tries to see the beauty in everyday things—a challenge under the circumstances of the past year.

The fierce competition within the online delivery sector is prompting Western services to invest in as many markets as quickly as possible.

Yaoundé, Cameroon//- The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-IDB.org), a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB) and the Republic of Cameroon have signed two agreements in a virtual signing ceremony between Alamine Ousmane Mey, Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development and Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol, CEO, ITFC.

Lagos, Nigeria//-Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), one of Africa’s biggest investors in infrastructure development, has delivered a 20% growth in total assets during the 2020 pandemic year.

Lagos, Nigeria//- Appzone, the Pan-African fintech software provider building proprietary solutions for the continent’s banking and payments industries, has today announced the close of its $10mn Series A round.

The creditor base for Africa’s debt continues to shift away from traditional multilateral and bilateral Paris Club sources toward commercial creditors and non-Paris Club official lenders.

Accra, Ghana//-Ghanaians endorse taxation and are even willing to pay higher taxes to support the country’s development, a new Afrobarometer study has revealed.

Accra, Ghana//-The debt to Gross Domestic Product  (GDP) currently is 76.1 percent of GDP (GH¢291.6 billion) at the end of December 2020 compared with 62.4 percent of GDP (GH¢218.2 billion) at the end of December 2019.

Organisational culture must be client/customer focused. Per-Anders Pettersson/GettyImages Anthony Abiodun Eniola, PhD, Landmark University The small and medium scale enterprise (SME) sector plays a critical economic role in both developed and developing countries. It is a significant source of job creation and contributes to innovation and technological growth.