By: Mathew Marsden African start-ups keep making hitting remarkable records with 8 phenomenal rounds across the continent this past week – with a MEGA series D out of Nigeria! But first, fascinating…
By: Natalie Nkembuh Silvr’s recent €130M in Series A raise was done with the participation of key investors XAnge, Otium Capital, Bpifrance Digital Venture, Eurazeo, ISAI and business angels Alexandre Prot and Steve Anavi (co-founders of Qonto), Raphaël Vullierme (co-founder of Luko), Louis Chatriot (co-founder…
Natalie Nkembuh On 21 March 2018 in Kigali, 44 member States of the African Union signed the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area. In signing the Agreement, African countries honored…
By Natalie Nkembuh Corporate Social Responsibility has remained a valid subject among companies for years. Especially as they thrive to give a human facet to their businesses. True the concept has evolved…
Natalie Nkembuh The Agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) was signed at the 10th Extraordinary Summit of the AU Assembly on 21 March 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda and entered…
Natalie Nkembuh Realizing the full potential gains from the African Continental Free Trade Area will require a broad range of complementary policies, to address multiple challenges, designed to enhance an emerging trade–industrialization…
By Magnus Ful Containing the current crisis and re-triggering economies presents to be at the helm of IMFs priorities since the past “pandemic-months”, especially to poor regions like sub-Saharan Africa and Asia….
By Annie Babelle Odounlami “African oil and gas producers don’t have obvious examples to follow within the continent. Not one of the African countries that depends on resource extraction has completed the…
By Kelly-Vera Molo The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has announced a strategic partnership with two Fintech platforms to explore crowdfunding options which will channel remittances into productive investments at the…
By Nkembuh Natalie COVID-19 has undoubtedly affected businesses, institutions and organisations around the world irrespective of their location. This has led to the emergence of new ways and strategies of doing business….