April 27, 2018//-In 2015, 193 countries adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as an overarching policy roadmap through 2030.
Category: Investing
Lagos Attracts $43Bn Investment Proposals in 3 Years
Lagos, Nigeria, April 27, 2018//- Lagos State government has announced that it attracted investment proposals worth about $43 billion in the last three years, owing to deliberate policies put in place to promote investment and enhance ease of doing business (EoDB).
Inflation, Stagnant Wages Left Workers Poorer
April 27, 2018//-Kenyan workers’ take-home pay fell below the cost of living in 2017, weakening consumer purchasing power in an economy that grew at the slowest pace since 2012, according to the 2018 Economic Survey report released yesterday.
Ghana’s Debt Hits Distress Levels in 3 Consecutive Years
April 26, 2018//-Ghana has maintained its status as a high-risk, debt-distress country after first making it onto the infamous list of countries whose debt burdens had reached alarming levels in 2015.
Vantage Capital Injects $8 Million into Kenyan Leading Shopping Mall
Nairobi, Kenya, April 25, 2018/ — Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager, has provided $8 million of funding to Rosslyn Riviera Shopping Mall, a convenient neighbourhood shopping mall in the upmarket suburb of Rosslyn/Runda in Nairobi, Kenya that officially opened for trading in 2017.
Report: High Debt Loads Could Threaten Ghana, Nigeria, Others’ Outlook
April 25, 2018//-Few days after World Bank’s damning verdict on Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries’ rising debt, another report has revealed that the debt loads could threaten the region’s outlook.
Using Shea Butter to Lift Women Out of Poverty: The Untold Story of MTN Heroes Change Nominee
Accra, April 23, 2018//-Ayisha Fuseini, a nominee of this MTN Heroes of Change is using her shea butter processing business to lift hundreds of women out of poverty in the Northern Region of Ghana.
IMF, Central Bank of Egypt to Host Inclusive Growth and Job Creation Confab
Washington D.C., United States of America, April 23, 2018// — The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) and the Government of Egypt will co-host a high-level conference in Cairo on May 5-6, 2018, on promoting higher economic growth and job creation in Egypt.
Akufo-Addo: Huge National Health Insurance Debt Cleared
April 23, 2018//-Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has revealed that his administration is reviving the strength of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the country.
Kenya to Crackdown on Illegal Foreign Workers
April 21, 2018//-Kenyan government has launched an operation to weed out foreigners who are working in the country illegally.