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2024 AABLA Business Leader of the year: African Bank's CEO, Kennedy G Bungane

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Bizcommunity.com 25 May 2022

South African brands lead the African continent - again

25 May 2022

Digital Afrique Telecom's new partnership delivers mobile medical solutions to Africa

24 May 2022

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

Wendell Roelf 23 May 2022

Citi, UK's BII agree $100m risk-sharing lending deal for Africa

Citi, UK's BII agree $100m risk-sharing lending deal for Africa

18 May 2022

#AfricaMonth: Exponential intra-trade growth expected on the continent

#AfricaMonth: Exponential intra-trade growth expected on the continent

Katja Hamilton 6 May 2022

Allianz and Sanlam to create Africa joint venture

Allianz and Sanlam to create Africa joint venture

5 May 2022

Coca-Cola African bottler's $3bn IPO delayed by Ukraine turmoil

Coca-Cola African bottler's $3bn IPO delayed by Ukraine turmoil

Promit Mukherjee and Emma Rumney 3 May 2022

Blockchain paves the way for social good in Zambia

Blockchain paves the way for social good in Zambia

3 May 2022

Are African banks at last going digital?

Are African banks at last going digital?

3 May 2022

Bitcoin adoption by Central African Republic baffles cryptoverse

Bitcoin adoption by Central African Republic baffles cryptoverse

29 Apr 2022

What does the increase in global inflation mean for African countries?

What does the increase in global inflation mean for African countries?

Peter Hirst 29 Apr 2022

Central African Republic adopts Bitcoin as an official currency

Central African Republic adopts Bitcoin as an official currency

28 Apr 2022

African Union welcomes EU support

African Union welcomes EU support

28 Apr 2022

African Continental Free Trade Area agreement not quite the silver bullet SA hoped for, says ANC

African Continental Free Trade Area agreement not quite the silver bullet SA hoped for, says ANC

28 Apr 2022

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Jonathan Munemo 28 Apr 2022

Mastercard Foundation and Trace launch free learning app to reach 26 million young Africans

Mastercard Foundation and Trace launch free learning app to reach 26 million young Africans

25 Apr 2022

IMF reaches agreement with Benin on $658m extended credit facility

IMF reaches agreement with Benin on $658m extended credit facility

25 Apr 2022

It's time for SA businesses to harness their African trade growth potential

It's time for SA businesses to harness their African trade growth potential

15 Apr 2022

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Rachel Savage 14 Apr 2022

Source: Daily Maverick.

Standard Bank named Best Bank in Africa

7 Apr 2022

IFC invests $50m in the first gender bond issued by Banco Pichincha

5 Apr 2022

Source: REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo

World Bank approves $750m in budgetary support to Kenya

22 Mar 2022

Prudential Financial and LeapFrog Investments make surprise announcement

18 Mar 2022

Biz 'ready-to-wear' Content Features

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Bizcommunity.com 17 Mar 2022

Absa expands its digital partnership ecosystem in Africa

16 Mar 2022

Vehicle financing startup Moove Africa to expand with $105m funding

Vehicle financing startup Moove Africa to expand with $105m funding

14 Mar 2022

Digital therapeutics revenue from health insurers to reach $8bn globally by 2026

14 Mar 2022

Multi-national investment banks announce exodus from Russia

Katja Hamilton 11 Mar 2022

EU's Global Gateway initiative to provide access to €150bn for African infrastructure development

10 Mar 2022

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Game of thrones: Why content is king, but context is queen

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Bizcommunity.com 25 May 2022

South African brands lead the African continent - again

25 May 2022

Digital Afrique Telecom's new partnership delivers mobile medical solutions to Africa

24 May 2022

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

AfDB approves $1.5bn emergency food facility

Wendell Roelf 23 May 2022

Citi, UK's BII agree $100m risk-sharing lending deal for Africa

Citi, UK's BII agree $100m risk-sharing lending deal for Africa

18 May 2022

#AfricaMonth: Exponential intra-trade growth expected on the continent

#AfricaMonth: Exponential intra-trade growth expected on the continent

Katja Hamilton 6 May 2022

Allianz and Sanlam to create Africa joint venture

Allianz and Sanlam to create Africa joint venture

5 May 2022

Coca-Cola African bottler's $3bn IPO delayed by Ukraine turmoil

Coca-Cola African bottler's $3bn IPO delayed by Ukraine turmoil

Promit Mukherjee and Emma Rumney 3 May 2022

Blockchain paves the way for social good in Zambia

Blockchain paves the way for social good in Zambia

3 May 2022

Are African banks at last going digital?

Are African banks at last going digital?

3 May 2022

Bitcoin adoption by Central African Republic baffles cryptoverse

Bitcoin adoption by Central African Republic baffles cryptoverse

29 Apr 2022

What does the increase in global inflation mean for African countries?

What does the increase in global inflation mean for African countries?

Peter Hirst 29 Apr 2022

Central African Republic adopts Bitcoin as an official currency

Central African Republic adopts Bitcoin as an official currency

28 Apr 2022

African Union welcomes EU support

African Union welcomes EU support

28 Apr 2022

African Continental Free Trade Area agreement not quite the silver bullet SA hoped for, says ANC

African Continental Free Trade Area agreement not quite the silver bullet SA hoped for, says ANC

28 Apr 2022

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Africa faces hard knocks as rich countries take manufacturing back home

Jonathan Munemo 28 Apr 2022

Mastercard Foundation and Trace launch free learning app to reach 26 million young Africans

Mastercard Foundation and Trace launch free learning app to reach 26 million young Africans

25 Apr 2022

IMF reaches agreement with Benin on $658m extended credit facility

IMF reaches agreement with Benin on $658m extended credit facility

25 Apr 2022

It's time for SA businesses to harness their African trade growth potential

It's time for SA businesses to harness their African trade growth potential

15 Apr 2022

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Sub-Saharan Africa's growth to slow to 3.6% this year, World Bank says

Rachel Savage 14 Apr 2022

Source: Daily Maverick.

Standard Bank named Best Bank in Africa

7 Apr 2022

IFC invests $50m in the first gender bond issued by Banco Pichincha

5 Apr 2022

Source: REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo

World Bank approves $750m in budgetary support to Kenya

22 Mar 2022

Prudential Financial and LeapFrog Investments make surprise announcement

18 Mar 2022

Biz 'ready-to-wear' Content Features

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Bizcommunity.com 17 Mar 2022

Absa expands its digital partnership ecosystem in Africa

16 Mar 2022

Vehicle financing startup Moove Africa to expand with $105m funding

Vehicle financing startup Moove Africa to expand with $105m funding

14 Mar 2022

Digital therapeutics revenue from health insurers to reach $8bn globally by 2026

14 Mar 2022

Multi-national investment banks announce exodus from Russia

Katja Hamilton 11 Mar 2022

EU's Global Gateway initiative to provide access to €150bn for African infrastructure development

10 Mar 2022

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Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos 2 Mar 2022

Source: Worldbank.org. World Bank Headquarters, Washington D.C.

World Bank's $157bn takes edge off global pandemic fallout

2 Mar 2022

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Kenya's Cellulant targets 50,000 new merchants

Duncan Miriri 28 Feb 2022

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Streamlining of intra-African trade gathers momentum

Virusha Subban 28 Feb 2022

Promising fintech solutions take the spotlight at Stitch hackathon

Promising fintech solutions take the spotlight at Stitch hackathon

28 Feb 2022

Peter Harvey to depart DPO Group

Peter Harvey to depart DPO Group

22 Feb 2022

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Andrea Shalal 9 Feb 2022

Source: Supplied. Senegal's Regional Express Train, co-financed by the African Development Bank, was launched in December 2021.

African Development Bank to close continent's infrastructure gap

2 Feb 2022

Banking scams cost South Africans R295m last year

28 Jan 2022

New Africa cross-border payments system to boost trade

20 Jan 2022