African businesses are being challenged to wake up to the economic, social and environmental power of the Blue Economy...
10 May 2019
With mobile money continuing to dominate the continent's commerce growth, opening doors to business to everyone from a rural farmer to an entrepreneur, and cross-border seeing inter-country transactions on the rise, the continent is making a play to be the world's biggest e-commerce opportunity...
9 May 2019
African economic growth has in general been driven by public infrastructure investment and the expansion of services to a largely underserviced population. However, fintech is increasingly receiving attention from both private and public sector...
3 May 2019
Entrepreneurs have a pivotal role to play in Africa's unemployment crisis. Today over a third of the continent's young workforce (those aged 15-35) are unemployed...
Aubrey Hruby 2 May 2019
Nine Africa Heads of State will attend the US-Africa Business Summit in June...
30 Apr 2019
In December last year the US National Security Advisor, John Bolton, gave a speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC, in which he outlined the Trump administration's new Africa strategy...
Maria Ryan 24 Apr 2019
The rising gap between developmental needs and available financial resources - including poor revenue collection - has pushed sub-Saharan African governments to consider different options to support their budgets...
Dr Misheck Mutize 23 Apr 2019
If Africa is to achieve the sustainable development goals, it needs to prioritise women's access to finance...
18 Apr 2019
Not just the ultimate holiday stop, Mauritius is also a preferred jurisdiction for fund managers looking to establish African-focused funds...
Michael Denenga & Nicole Paige 17 Apr 2019
The latest figures released by the African Development Bank suggest the continent's infrastructure needs amount to between $130-170bn a year, with a current financing gap of $67-$107bn per annum...
11 Apr 2019
