Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term as president of Uganda, but will the contested nature of the result spook investors?
Category: Investing
Dr Adama Kalokoh: Empowering The Next Generation of Sierra Leoneans
Accra, Ghana//-Dr Adama Kalokoh is a young Sierra Leonean-American woman who is working around the clock to empower the next generation of women, girls, orphans and other vulnerable groups in Sierra Leone, which is located in West Africa.
Business 2021: Continuity in Uncertainty
Business continuity used to be considered a part of Disaster Recovery (DR), another cog in the urgent wheel that turns to put the business back on track in the event of a crisis.
Economic Governance Platform Assesses Ghana’s Economy
Accra, Ghana//-A Civil Society Organization, Economic Governance Platform (EGP) has assessed Ghana’s economy for the past eight years and proffered solutions for its growth.
Dealmaking Slows Across Africa, but Ghana Attracted More Deals than it did in 2019
Deal making activity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) dropped in the second half of 2020 (H2 2020), when compared to the second half of 2019 (H2 2019) and year-on-year, deals were also down in both volume and value compared to 2019.
Ghana’s Solid Performance In Mergers and Acquisitions In 2020
Global law firm Baker McKenzie’s analysis of Refinitiv data shows that mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Ghana exhibited a solid performance in 2020, despite the slow pace of dealmaking in the first half of the year.
African Debt: What to Watch in 2021
African debt levels have been on the rise for the past few years and the Covid-19 pandemic slowed down the growth that is needed to keep the biggest borrowers solvent.
Ethiopia Debt Restructuring Plan Faces Hurdles of Transparency
Ethiopia’s plan to seek debt restructuring under a G20 common framework agreed in November triggered a sell-off in African debt at the end of January on fears of a contagion effect.
Investment Decline in Productive Assets Spells Trouble for Poorer Nations
Although developing countries attracted a record share of global foreign direct investment in 2020, finance for infrastructure and productive sectors fell significantly, weakening their COVID-19 recovery prospects.
Kenya: Flower Jobs Surpass pre-Covid-19 Levels
Flower firms are now employing more people than they did in the pre-Covid period, signalling the continued recovery of the sector that was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic.