Despite efforts by international organizations, governments and NGOs, malnutrition is still a major concern in most Sub-Saharan African countries. According to FAO statistics, 25% of the region's…

Dear readers, On behalf of the entire Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) team, we would like to wish you all a happy and prosperous new year 2019. We would like to take this opportunity to…

This blog was originally published on the World Bank Blogs website. Newly assigned to Dakar, Senegal, I must, of course, take steps to have water, electricity, internet and a bank account. For the…

This blog was originally published on the FinDev Gateway website. Some say regulatory issues, others cite fear of mission drift. But all of these can be overcome. Transformations in the…

This blog was orginally published on the World Bank website - Nasikiliza. The G20, World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, and African Development Bank are partnering in a new way to…

The global prudential standards issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision represent major efforts to increase the resilience of banking systems around the world and thus reduce the…

Private equity funds in Africa are increasingly investing in early-stage businesses in the search for earnings growth. This is partially driven by the rising trend in purchase prices of private…