Considerable progress has been made over the past decade on access to financial services, especially mobile financial services, as well as on the development of financial markets. However, there is…

Africa continues to punch above its weight Since its inception in 2013, Bright Africa has taken various forms depending, in part, on the availability of meaningful data in any given year. Overall,…

This article is extracted from the MFW4A Covid-19 Report. The Covid-19 crisis has caused significant disruptions to global financial systems, seriously impacting all advanced, emerging and…

The overarching objective of national financial inclusion policies and strategies in sub-Saharan African countries is to significantly increase the rate of bank penetration among economically active…

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

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…

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…