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Businesses are expanding across borders, new trade corridors are emerging, and regional ambition remains strong, but liquidity, payments and execution challenges continue to shape…
East Africa’s Kenya and Tanzania are among the strongest value…
In July, Kenya’s markets regulator licensed Shariah-compliant REITs, ESG-aligned advisors,…
TradeMark East Africa has rebranded to TradeMark Africa (TMA) and simultaneously officially launched its West…
Over the past decade, African countries have accumulated external debt at a faster pace. The countries have capitalized on abundant, low-cost international credit for fiscal and balance-of-payments funding to help drive development plans.
Africa’s total external debt, accrued by both the private and public sectors, owed to foreign lenders, has surpassed $1 trillion. The related annual debt servicing costs broke through the $100 billion threshold for the first time in 2021.
The Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) will be holding its 12th Congress in Abu Dhabi during…
In recent years, the value of the African market for beauty products has skyrocketed. According…
The world has in recent months witnessed a dramatic turnabout on the future of nuclear…
Female-led and female-founded ventures attracted even less funding in 2022 than they had in 2021.…
