When the issue of SME access to credit is addressed, often the major concern raised by stakeholders is the problem of information asymmetry that characterizes the relationship between the bank and…

Africa has tremendous scope to become one of the most attractive investment destinations in the world. The current level of investment – 23.5% of Africa’s gross domestic product – is insufficient to…

Over the past decade, regulations in emerging financial markets have undergone many changes that have raised both optimism and concern within the financial inclusion community. The good news first:…

In his second blog (first blog here) for Making Finance Work for Africa, Stephan Wolf, CEO of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) discusses how the LEI can create added value for…

When the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) issued regulations in 2015 that encouraged nonbanks to issue e-money, it set the stage for a digital transformation in Côte d’Ivoire. Between 2014…

Rising migration and its linkages to human, socio-economic and political development has for a number of years been a prominent theme on the international agenda. As a result, remittances have…

Plugging the gap from above Africa is uniquely placed to trade with growing markets in the East, established markets in the West, and domestic markets on her own continent. In order to benefit from…