A $2-billion scheme to support women-owned small and medium enterprises has been launched by the African Development Bank as part of its Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa. The scheme will operate from banks across the continent with the aim of...
GREEN REVOLUTIONARIES TO BOOST AFRICAN GROWTH The Green Economy has long been seen as a key player in Africa’s transformation. This week the Tenth Annual Summit of the African Green Revolution Forum – hosted in Kigali by Rwanda -is discussing how best to move...
The British government is getting increasingly concerned about the reluctance of UK workers in return to their offices. In London, only 13% of people have returned to their offices. Elsewhere in the country mobile phone data has revealed that only 17% have returned in...
After perhaps the strangest Africa Day celebrations ever – largely held virtually and in the midst of a global pandemic that has infected more than 100,000 Africans and seen at least 3,300 deaths on the continent- it was good to see that some things never change....
DIGITAL SOLUTIONS SIGNAL BRIGHTER DAYS AHEAD FOR AFRICA. Do you remember that long lost world just four or five months ago when African leaders used to fly all over the world to attend Africa Investment Summits hosted by the likes of President Xi of China, President...
CORONAVIRUS: APRIL UPDATE: Many words have been written about this global crisis. We have all become well acquainted with words like self-isolation, social distancing, lockdowns, herd immunity, and all those other phrases we’d never heard of just a few weeks ago. The...
