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 for replication. Building on an initial African Sovereign Wealth and Pension Fund Leaders Forum meeting hosted…
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:
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 of leaders of Africa’s pre-eminent sovereign wealth and pension funds, are determined to form new…
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 of leaders of Africa’s pre-eminent sovereign wealth and pension funds, are determined to form new…
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 governments are taking women’s issues into consideration as they develop policies to address COVID-19. 28% think…
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 a blanket approach to the process. The so-called Africa Private Creditor Working Group will…
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya will not seek a suspension of debt payments under a G20 initiative aimed at helping poor countries weather the COVID-19 pandemic, its finance minister said on Friday, saying the terms of the deal were too restrictive. Minister Ukur Yatani told Reuters in an interview he was also concerned about the impact…
$4.7 Billion Loan Will Now Support 16,700 American Jobs and Nearly Double Number of Identified U.S. Suppliers Media Contact Name/Phone: Office of Communications (202) 565-3204 WASHINGTON – The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) today unanimously voted to amend the agency’s previously approved September 2019 direct loan supporting U.S. exports for…
African flower producers are struggling as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupts supply chains and demand dries up amid national lockdowns 14 MAY 2020 – 05:00 CARIEN DU PLESSIS On her company’s farm in the fruit-growing Breede River Valley in the Western Cape, Adene Nieuwoudt’s usually neat dahlia plantations resemble a small jungle. The soft pastel and deep…
African flower producers are struggling as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupts supply chains and demand dries up amid national lockdowns 14 MAY 2020 – 05:00 CARIEN DU PLESSIS On her company’s farm in the fruit-growing Breede River Valley in the Western Cape, Adene Nieuwoudt’s usually neat dahlia plantations resemble a small jungle. The soft pastel and deep…