Feb 22, 2021
Dear Readers,
More than a year since Africa recorded its first confirmed case of the Covid-19 virus in Egypt on 14th February 2020, and there remains uncertainty around the pathways of the pandemic…
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Jan 17, 2021
In Africa, the limited availability of trade finance is a major constraint to the development of Africa’s trade sector and more acutely to intra-African trade. African financial institutions (FIs)…
Dec 15, 2020
Rejection rates for trade finance applications for SMEs in Africa are rising, with bank participation in activities decreasing. Conducted over 2011-19, the report titled: “Trade Finance in Africa:…
Dec 10, 2020
Financial inclusion is increasingly becoming a desirable goal, both globally and at national levels. This is due to the perception that a more inclusive financial system could induce faster and…
Nov 17, 2020
Thirty-year-old Hope could barely contain her excitement. The homemaker from a remote district in Zambia had just heard the news that her savings group was being linked with a bank. She chose to join…
Nov 02, 2020
INTRODUCTION
The advent of digitalisation is changing the environment of financial institutions (retail banking and life and non-life insurance companies) around the world, in terms of the skills…
Oct 20, 2020
Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) account for over 90 percent of firms worldwide and about 70 percent of Africa’s industrial fibre. SMEs contribute significantly to employment and serve as a…