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

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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

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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;…

African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank Announced By Institutional Investors

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The African Sovereign Wealth and Pension Fund Leaders Forum announced and presented its Pan African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AGIIB) initiative, during The fifty-third session of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, hosted by the UN ECA. The AGIIB initiative recognises that the African green finance market, is highly fragmented…

African Institutional Investors Release Groundbreaking COVID-19 Response And Agenda 2063 Investment Report

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Cornwall, Addis Ababa, Johannesburg, Cairo, Paris, Washington Africa investor (Ai) today announced and presented The Investable Africa We Want Report, in support of Agenda 2063 and Africa’s response to COVID-19, during The G7-Africa investor Summit, held in association with the G7’s institutional Investor Leaders Network (ILN). African sovereign wealth and pension funds have been crucial to forming new and…

Ai AfricaPLC Releases AfCFTA E-Trade Digitalization Report

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Ai AfricaPLC announced and presented today, its Roadmap Report on globalizing Africa eTrade in support of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), during the Ai African Electronic Trade Leaders Roundtable on Improving African Buyer Information and eTrade Documentation, in support of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). This was hosted by Africa investor (Ai)…

African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank Announces $20trn Advisory Board At G7 – Africa Investor Summit

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Cornwall, Addis Ababa, Johannesburg, Cairo, Paris, Washington   The African Green Infrastructure Investment Bank (AfGIIB), today announced its Advisory Board of African and global institutional investment leaders, representing over $20trn of assets under management and advisement. The announcement took place during the G7-Africa investor Summit, held in association with the G7’s institutional Investor Leaders Network (ILN), on the sidelines of the…

ICC and Africa investor launch global eTrade partnership to digitise five million SMEs in Africa

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The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Africa investor (Ai) are joining forces to launch a digitally empowered eTrade initiative to enable the digitisation of five million micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. Announced at the second Africa investor Global Trade Organization Leaders’ Summit by ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO and…

ICC and Africa investor launch global eTrade partnership to digitise five million SMEs in Africa

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The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Africa investor (Ai) are joining forces to launch a digitally empowered eTrade initiative to enable the digitisation of five million micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. Announced at the second Africa investor Global Trade Organization Leaders’ Summit by ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO and…