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East African Survey Deep Dives into Challenges and Opportunities Faced by the Region’s Tech Start-up Ecosystem

New survey reveals lack of access to investors, reliance on international VCs and global recession trends as the biggest perceived barriers for East African tech start-ups to access funds as Covid 19 has slowed down investments across the region’s start-up landscape

The lack of access to investors, the reliance on international VCs and global recessions trends are perceived as threats by respectively 59%, 56% and 55% of respondents; 28% of respondents indicated that covid 19 had slowed down investment across the East African start-up landscape, making it the biggest impacting factor…

Energy Capital & Power

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Top 10 Moments from Angola Oil & Gas Since its Inception

Since the first edition of Angola Oil & Gas in 2019, the conference and exhibition has hit several milestones

Representing the country’s premier event for the oil and gas sector, the Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) conference and exhibition (https://apo-opa.info/3yWXf9D) has celebrated several major milestones since the first edition took place in 2019. Organized by Energy Capital & Power (ECP) (https://EnergyCapitalPower.com/), AOG serves as the official meeting place for Angola’s energy…

Baron & Cabot

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Baron & Cabot Launches a portal to support the expansion of local real estate agencies in Africa

Baron and Cabot's property portal is also expected to create new job opportunities in the African market

Baron and Cabot (https://BaronCabot.com/), a UK-based international real estate firm has launched a game-changing concept – a UK property portal that is offering a strategic expansion plan for real estate agencies in Africa. The innovative approach, is a first of its kind using AI technology to predict property prices and…

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Index Launch: Remittances Play a Powerful Role in Consumers’ Financial Planning

As global populations navigate macroeconomic headwinds, consumers expect remittances to play an even stronger role in their current and future financial planning

Inaugural Global Money Transfer Index surveys 30,600 consumers in 20 countries across the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific; Index voices consumers’ international money transfer preferences for today and tomorrow as they navigate global headwinds. As global populations navigate macroeconomic headwinds, consumers expect remittances to play an even stronger role in…

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Business support groups poised to drive African integration

According to ITC analysis, only 25% of African small firms have heard about the free trade agreement, making engagement with businesses crucial

Regional and continental business support organizations can help Africa’s private sector benefit from the continent’s free trade area, after a webinar that highlighted progress the Agreement has made. Business support organizations can play a crucial role in the success of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).  The International Trade…

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Egypt and Marriott power hotel development in Africa

Egypt not only leads the country table, with almost 25,000 rooms in 103 hotels, but is streaking ahead of the pack

When it comes to hotel development across Africa, Egypt and Marriott are the two phenomena to watch. This insight comes from this year’s African Hotel Chain Development Pipeline report, widely acknowledged as the industry’s most authoritative source, documenting and analysing the number of hotels being planned and built across the…

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Liberia: African Development Fund grant to modernise payments infrastructure and systems

The project’s primary objective is to strengthen the payments ecosystem in Liberia for increased efficiency and to foster growth and innovation

The African Development Fund’s Board of Directors has approved $3.9 million grant to finance upgrade of Liberia's payments infrastructure and systems project. The approval of the grant from the Bank’s concessional lending window, was made on 17 March. The project’s primary objective is to strengthen the payments ecosystem in Liberia…

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Kenya: African Development Bank approves $30 million Trade & Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Finance Facility for Family Bank Limited

The facility is expected to boost intra-Africa trade, promote regional integration and contribute to the reduction of the trade & SME finance gap in the East African nation

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $30 million Trade & SME Finance Facility for Family bank Limited (FBL) in Kenya. The facility is expected to boost intra-Africa trade, promote regional integration and contribute to the reduction of the trade & SME finance…

International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)

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    • International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) Wins ‘IFN Sovereign & Multilateral Deal of Year Award’
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International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) Wins ‘IFN Sovereign & Multilateral Deal of Year Award’

ITFC Recognized for Trade Finance Deal Provided to Djibouti’s Energy Sector

The International Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (http://www.ITFC-idb.org), announced that Islamic Finance News (IFN), the world’s leading Islamic finance news provider, selected the Corporation’s trade finance deal of US$75 million in support of International Hydrocarbons Company of Djibouti (SIHD) as the IFN Sovereign & Multilateral Deal of the Year 2022. The…

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New Effort Aims to Increase Transparency in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Artisanal Cobalt Supply Chain by Mapping its Taxes and Fees

Studies show that heavy taxes and complex administrative burdens encourage extortion, smuggling, and debt bondage

IMPACT (https://ImpactTransform.org/en/) is launching a new project tackling corruption in Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) artisanal cobalt sector with an effort to map all the taxes and fees supply chain actors are legally required to pay. The Mapping Payments project, which is implemented in collaboration with the Congolese non-profit Action…