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This week South Africa’s finance minister Tito Mboweni will deliver the country’s budget. Photo by Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images via Getty Images

The basis of South Africa's annual budgets needs an overhaul. Here's why, and how

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Jua Kickstarter Fund for African entrepreneurs doubles to R30m

Jua Kickstarter Fund for African entrepreneurs doubles to R30m

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West African solar startup secures $8.5m

West African solar startup secures $8.5m

Ishani Chetty 24 Dec 2020

Africa can finance its development but needs a paradigm shift

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Matilda Moyo 22 Dec 2020

Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

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Energy resources can spark Africa's economic growth

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Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

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Covid-19 and AfCFTA: why now is the time to maintain momentum despite the global pandemic

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A man makes a payment from his mobile phone for basic food items including bread at a local tuck shop in Epworth, on the outskirts of Harare. Photo by Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Images

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Business as usual in post-pandemic recovery will only reinforce economic hardship

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Africa is open for business

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Tijsbert Creemers, managing director and partner, Boston Consulting Group

Mobile payments will unlock new business for banks in Africa

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CIMA elects new female chairperson of the Ghana CIMA branch

CIMA elects new female chairperson of the Ghana CIMA branch

AICPA & CIMA 3 Sep 2020

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Pezesha, Kenya's digital financial enabler platform and marketplace

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Pezesha, Kenya's digital financial enabler platform and marketplace

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020

#WomensMonth: Suzanne Morel shares how Mastercard SA is powering up women in SA

#WomensMonth: Suzanne Morel shares how Mastercard SA is powering up women in SA

Evan-Lee Courie 17 Aug 2020

Residents of Lamu, Kenya, accuse the government of ignoring their concerns and going ahead with the construction of a huge port. TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images

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Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent's economies

Muazu Ibrahim 3 Aug 2020

Bronwyn Williams stars in Pulp Non-Fiction on Bizcommunity

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IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank group president David Malpass have offered debt relief to developing countries.

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Misheck Mutize 30 Jul 2020

Network International to acquire DPO in landmark pan-African payments deal

Network International to acquire DPO in landmark pan-African payments deal

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East Asian countries have looked up to Japan as a model of success.

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Richard Neal, MD, Sovereign Trust

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Akinwumi Adesina leads a bank that has the USA as its second largest shareholder. CGIAR/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA

Independence is at the heart of the African Development Bank's ability to be effective

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This week South Africa’s finance minister Tito Mboweni will deliver the country’s budget. Photo by Jeffrey Abrahams/Gallo Images via Getty Images

The basis of South Africa's annual budgets needs an overhaul. Here's why, and how

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Leanne Keddie 3 Feb 2021

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa meets his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping in Beijing, in 2018. EPA-EFE/Lintao Zhang / POOL

President Mnangagwa claimed Zimbabwe was open for business. What's gone wrong

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Jua Kickstarter Fund for African entrepreneurs doubles to R30m

Jua Kickstarter Fund for African entrepreneurs doubles to R30m

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West African solar startup secures $8.5m

West African solar startup secures $8.5m

Ishani Chetty 24 Dec 2020

Africa can finance its development but needs a paradigm shift

Africa can finance its development but needs a paradigm shift

Matilda Moyo 22 Dec 2020

Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

Bizcommunity's festive thank you to the SA business community

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Pan African Fintech Accelerator open to growth-stage tech startups

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Energy resources can spark Africa's economic growth

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Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

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A man makes a payment from his mobile phone for basic food items including bread at a local tuck shop in Epworth, on the outskirts of Harare. Photo by Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Images

Zimbabwe's restrictions on mobile money transfers are a blow to financial inclusion

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Getting real about virtual events

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Professor Njuguna Ndung’u

Business as usual in post-pandemic recovery will only reinforce economic hardship

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Tijsbert Creemers, managing director and partner, Boston Consulting Group

Mobile payments will unlock new business for banks in Africa

8 Sep 2020

CIMA elects new female chairperson of the Ghana CIMA branch

CIMA elects new female chairperson of the Ghana CIMA branch

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#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Pezesha, Kenya's digital financial enabler platform and marketplace

#WorldEntrepreneursDay: Pezesha, Kenya's digital financial enabler platform and marketplace

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Aug 2020

#WomensMonth: Suzanne Morel shares how Mastercard SA is powering up women in SA

#WomensMonth: Suzanne Morel shares how Mastercard SA is powering up women in SA

Evan-Lee Courie 17 Aug 2020

Residents of Lamu, Kenya, accuse the government of ignoring their concerns and going ahead with the construction of a huge port. TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images

Review of nine African 'blue economy' projects shows what works and what doesn't

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood 12 Aug 2020

Central bank (in the background) can no longer perform its function of being the lender of last resort. Shutterstock

Zimbabwe wants to raise money through a sovereign bond. Why this is ill-advised

Misheck Mutize 11 Aug 2020

Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent's economies

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Muazu Ibrahim 3 Aug 2020

Bronwyn Williams stars in Pulp Non-Fiction on Bizcommunity

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Bizcommunity.com 30 Jul 2020

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank group president David Malpass have offered debt relief to developing countries.

Why African countries are reluctant to take up Covid-19 debt relief

Misheck Mutize 30 Jul 2020

Network International to acquire DPO in landmark pan-African payments deal

Network International to acquire DPO in landmark pan-African payments deal

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East Asian countries have looked up to Japan as a model of success.

What drove Asia's economic success stories, and what should Africa emulate?

Mills Soko 27 Jul 2020

Image credit: Retha Ferguson from Pexels

Covid-19 impact on consumption patterns in Africa's key markets

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Richard Neal, MD, Sovereign Trust

SA businesses look offshore to ease Covid-19 pain

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Akinwumi Adesina leads a bank that has the USA as its second largest shareholder. CGIAR/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA

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The African Continental Free Trade Area - from agreement to implementation

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Electronic banking fraud in Nigeria: how it's done, and what can be done to stop it

Oludayo Tade 24 Jun 2020

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Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Nigeria's post-Covid-19 recovery plan has some merit. But it misses the mark

Tolu Olarewaju 22 Jun 2020

A deserted street in Cairo after coronavirus-related restrictions were tightened. Egypt has been one of the hardest hit in Africa. Photo by Mohamed Elraai/picture alliance via Getty Images

Controlling Covid-19 will carry devastating economic cost for developing countries

Borja Santos Porras 4 Jun 2020

Africa’s dependency on commodity exports, including oil, makes it more vulnerable to the impact of Covid-19. Getty Images

How a post-Covid-19 revival could kickstart Africa's free trade area

Faizel Ismail 27 May 2020

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

Bizcommunity.com 26 May 2020

Clement Chinaka

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#LockdownLessons: Paxful launches #BuiltWithBitcoin Africa Fund in lockdown

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