Africa
AfDB’s Board of Directors approves the Bank’s borrowing program for 2021
The Bank will continue to promote the development of African Capital markets with the issue of local currency denominated debt...
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GOODsoil VC accelerates Africa’s fintech investment surge with $940 000 capital injection into Ghana’s Zeepay
GOODsoil’s investment will enable Zeepay to continue to scale and roll out its services across the continent, and extend its...
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Call for Applications: AWS Africa Startup Connect – Women Founded & Led Startups
Women founders are perpetually busy and fiercely dedicated to their businesses, ambitions, and families, and more often than not, to...
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Intra-Africa trade key to cushioning the blow of trade tensions and external shocks – Afreximbank
Africa’s share of global trade was 2.7% in 2019, below the 4% figure of the 1970s Global trade expected to...
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Facebook Unveils its 2020 Africa Year in Review
The campaign aims to highlight the successes, strength and resilience of its users, whilst reinforcing Facebook’s ongoing commitment to the...
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Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund Launches US $8.5Million Grant to support Clean Energy Businesses in Somalia
This programme aims to enable 300,000 people access clean energy and create jobs for both youth and women The Africa...
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New tool enables African businesses find continent-wide trade opportunities as AfCFTA kicks off in 2021
The African Trade Observatory was rolled out by the African Union (AU), the European Union (EU) Commission and the International...
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Call for Applications: Future of Work Africa 2021 Accelerator Program
Village Capital, with the support of IFC, is launching Future of Work Africa 2021 – an accelerator supporting and scaling...
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Now is the Time for Partnership to Transform Africa’s Cocoa Industry
Cocoa farmers only earn about 6% of the chocolate industry’s total revenues Recent studies criticising the global chocolate industry for...
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New flagship project on AfCFTA spotlights trade opportunities for women and youth in Africa
Africa Continental Free Trade Area (Afcfta) Secretariat and the African Union in partnership with the UNDP, launched ‘The Futures Report:...
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