Regulation as a Stimulus (RaaS) initiative launched by UNDP, Africa investor (Ai) and AfCFTA Secretariat, as a post pandemic recovery plan

New York, 29 September – African governments can turn trade barriers into accelerators that build back stronger economies and accelerate intra-continental trade. At a high-level side event on the margins of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Africa Investor, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) presented…

Global Sovereign Wealth Funds Surpass $9trn

Global sovereign wealth fund assets, including Nigeria’s, have reached $9,143,213,790,349, data released by the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI) has indicated. Norway’s Norges Bank Investment Management with $1.4 trillion in assets, is the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, the report revealed. It is followed by China Investment Corporation — $1,222,307,000,000; Kuwait Investment Authority , $692,900,000,000;…