Time for an ambitious response to COVID-19 from Africa
As the world is yet to discover a cure or develop a vaccine, a second wave of COVID-19 infections may ...
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Biggest IPO by an African company in America is underway
IHS: It is the largest mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East by tower count.
China more willing to restructure Africa’s debt than private creditors
Agreements have been easier to reach with Chinese lenders than with private creditors.
Africa may lose $4.8 billion in crop exports due to Coronavirus
The sector accounts for the jobs of as much as 60% of economically active people in the sub-Saharan part of the continent.
Skills Africa needs for sustainable development
Over a billion people with 5 official working languages – Arabic, English, French, Portuguese and Swahili , will again celebrate ...
New normal for the informal sector
Africa is the world’s last frontier in the fight against extreme poverty where one in three Africans−422 million people−live below ...
Cryptocurrencies and its usage in Africa
Cryptocurrency is basically, a digital currency based on an innovative technology called the blockchain. Its users range from small businesses
Blockchain technology expected to tackle Africa’s challenges across industries
Blockchain technology is slowly but surely moving beyond secure, seamless, transparent, trusted and convenient transactions.
AfDB invests $600 million in Africa’s renewable energy, discloses de-risk plan
About $600 million has been invested by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Africa for the development of renewable energy in the ...
Meet Kingsley Obiora, new Deputy Governor, CBN
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Dr Kingsley Obiora as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
