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Yabx enters Nigeria, plan to boost credit to new market segments
The company said it has partnered with several African banks to create large, scalable, and profitable digital lending ...
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Investment to tackle climate change falls amid global crises
Between January and September 2022, climate mitigation and adaptation sectors had, respectively, 7% and 12% fewer new projects ...
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Global labour market to deteriorate further - ILO
The 10th edition of ILO Monitor on the World of Work finds that worsening labour market conditions are affecting both employment ...
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Currency depreciations intensifying food, energy crisis
Because of currency depreciations, almost 60 percent of oil-importing emerging-market and developing economies saw an increase ...
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Africa Finance Corporation issues $389 million Samurai loan facility
The transaction marks AFC’s second foray into the Japanese capital markets, following an inaugural Samurai loan facility ...
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Nigeria’s Touch and Pay wins $50,000 Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2022
Touch and Pay has over 2 million users who help 500,000 people make payments every day.
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Peter Adejoh receives honourary doctorate, peace award
Adejoh was recognized for his leadership in the private sector as well as for his commitment to community development causes.
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EIB provides MTN Nigeria EUR 100 million financing
Investment to enhance capacity and expand coverage of the 4G network in Lagos and Ogun States.
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Bauchi Region of Transmission Company of Nigeria
The Bauchi Region has many completed, ongoing, and proposed projects.
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IFC supports green bond to finance green buildings in South Africa
The real estate sector is estimated to generate about 40 percent of the world’s CO2 emissions.
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European fund for digital sovereignty launches
The initiative aims to support innovative companies and start-ups in the digital economy, sustaining their development within ...
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UN calls for $1.5bn in urgent funding for children impacted by crisis
Recent analysis from ECW indicates that as many as 222 million crisis-impacted girls and boys are in need of urgent education ...
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Nedbank banks on the African metaverse
Nedbank joins global players such as DBS Bank, HSBC, Fidelity Investment and JP Morgan who have partnered with metaverses ...
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Renewable energy jobs hit 12.7 million globally
Africa’s role is still limited, but the report points out that there are growing job opportunities in decentralized ...
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Report proffers comprehensive debt restructuring for climate stressed economies
The V20 is at the epicentre of the looming debt and climate crises which threaten their ability to build resilient and ...
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Ibukun Awosika appointed to the global advisory board of Binance
The transparency and accountability with which Binance seeks to deliver services to its clients is impressive – Ibukun ...
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West African Power Pool to create liquidity enhancement fund
At the 54th Executive Board Meeting of the West African Power Pool, members also reviewed the 2021 financial statement of the ...
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FG to add 204MW electricity capacity in Ekiti
In various transmission regions nationwide, TCN is equally executing substations and lines projects which are all at various ...
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Certification programme for impact fund managers launches
Gold Standard said its requirements ensure best practice impact investing that builds on IFC safeguards, the UNDP Equity ...
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PUMA showcases products from recycled materials in push for 3Rs
Through its RE:COLLECTION range, PUMA is demonstrating its commitment to the 3Rs – Reduce, Reuse, and Regenerate – ...
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Africa’s insurance tech platform secures $10 million Series A funding
There are over 500 million mobile subscribers in Africa, most of whom are uninsured, said Oluwatoyin Emmanuel-Olubake, ...