The website of the Africa Long-term Finance (LTF) Initiative will be launched in a Webinar on July 8th, 2021. The initiative’s overarching objective is to promote the intermediation of Long-Term…

Finance-income inequality nexus: Setting the Context  Calls to reduce income inequality have been well documented. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10 targets at reducing inequality within…

Undoubtedly, the development of the financial sector is central to countries in Africa. This is because, well-developed financial sector enhances overall economic growth, reduces poverty and…

As the world continues to grapple with the Coronavirus crisis, on the heels of Earth Day 2021, we must remember that another crisis also requires our immediate attention and urgent action – the…

According to Barth (2007[1]), diversity management can be defined as “managing people by valuing their individual differences while integrating these differences”. The private sector increasingly…

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…

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)…