In Ethiopia and Kenya, the attractive illusion of the “China model” has had grave financial consequences.
The strategy of “infrastructure-led growth” (growth, not economic and social development) seems to be showing its limits in Africa, where China has largely been...
Chairman Reed Underscores EXIM Commitment to Africa in Remarks to the President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa
WASHINGTON – President and Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) Kimberly A. Reed today addressed the President’s...
Government’s R340bn infrastructure investment announced, to acclaim… and misgivings
By Sasha Planting• 28 July 2020
Roughly 50 strategic infrastructure projects and 12 special projects worth R340-billion with the potential to create 290,000 jobs have been gazetted by the minister for public works and infrastructure and...
NAIROBI, June 25 (Reuters) - Djibouti is setting up a sovereign wealth fund for domestic and regional investment, aiming to fund it to the tune of $1.5 billion over the next decade, the government said on Thursday.
Wealthy nations traditionally...
Institutional Investment Leader, Hubert Danso, internationally-renowned infrastructure Investment Advocate, was today formally appointed as the Chairperson of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) Continental Business Network Council (CBN). Mr Danso who held the position as CBN interim Chairperson since September...
Governments in the region are pushing for more high impact infrastructure investments, but public resources are increasingly under pressure. Kenyan Pension Funds Investment Consortium (KEPFIC) is a leading initiative in Africa investing in infrastructure and private equity with potential...
Hubert Danso Ai CEO and Chairman spoke with Vincent Molinari, Host, Fintech.TV & TheIMPACT, about Ai’s upcoming RegTech Investors Consultative Summit, the African Continental Free Trade Area, the AfricaPLC eTrade Platform initiative and institutional infrastructure investments – watch:
https://fintech.tv/developing-regtech-in-africa-and-covid-19-impact/
The African Sovereign Wealth and Pension Fund Leaders Forum has today issued a Call to Action to build resilient African economies. Noting the potential for devastating economic impacts on the African continent by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
The Forum, comprised...
Johannesburg, South Africa, May 15, 2020 - / In a live poll conducted by Africa.com on May 13 as part of its webinar series, Crisis Management for African Business Leaders, 47% of webinar participants do not think that African...
By Alonso Soto
May 15, 2020, 2:34 PM GMT+2 Updated on May 15, 2020, 6:16 PM GMT+2
Private creditors representing more than $9 trillion of assets under management formed a group to negotiate debt relief for African nations, warning of the risks of...
