The Africa investor (Ai) and CFA Summit in New York, which took place during Climate Week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, convened over 200 global pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies and family offices, representing over $10 trillion+ of owned fiduciary assets. The Summit...
New York, London, Paris, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Lagos, Cairo: 25 September 2019. The Africa investor (Ai) and CFA Summit in New York, which took place during Climate Week on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, convened over 200 global pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies and family...
AUDA announces Hubert Danso as interim Chair of AUDA-NEPAD Continental Business Network Council (CBN) Johannesburg, South Africa, September 9, 2019 – Institutional Investment Leader, Hubert Danso, internationally-renowned infrastructure Investment Advocate, has been appointed as the interim Chairman of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) Continental Business Network Council (CBN). Mr Danso is the...
AUDA announces Hubert Danso as interim Chair of AUDA-NEPAD Continental Business Network Council (CBN) Johannesburg, South Africa, September 9, 2019 – Institutional Investment Leader, Hubert Danso, internationally-renowned infrastructure Investment Advocate, has been appointed as the interim Chairman of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) Continental Business Network Council (CBN). Mr Danso is the...
Africa investor (Ai) and BATSETA (South Africa’s Council of Retirement Funds), today announced its exclusive, invitation-only Ai CEO African Sovereign Wealth and Pension Fund Leaders’ Summit and Infrastructure Investment Awards, successfully concluded and hosted a series of dialogues that deepened African institutional investors’ commitment to co-investment partnerships, to address Africa’s...
Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, today announced its exclusive, invitation-only Ai CEO African Sovereign Wealth and Pension Fund Leaders’ Summit and Infrastructure Investment Awards held in association with Batseta, successfully concluded and hosted a series of dialogues that deepened African institutional investors’ commitment to co-investment...
August 15 (Renewables Now) – Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) has launched a request for qualifications (RfQ) ahead of a possible tender to award 100 MW of solar capacity to independent power producers (IPPs). The state-owned utility of Botswana has set September 11 as the closing date for the RfQ. The tender...
New fund is the first to bridge the financing gap for small businesses in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with a gender lens, while generating a financial return for investors It will help improve the lives of 500,000 rural households and create more than 3,500 jobs – at least 60% for women Two key...
By Tope Alake and Alonso Soto August 6, 2019, 6:00 AM GMT+2 Updated on August 6, 2019, 7:50 AM GMT+2 Nigerian trade consultant Bamidele Ayemibo says it’s easier to sell his bean cake snacks to China than to neighboring Benin. Trading with any of the other members of the Economic Community of...
JOHANNESBURG – Absa Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB) yesterday said that it planned to expand its agriculture loan book to countries such as Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, due to good long-term growth prospects in the rest of the continent. Absa CIB agriculture head Roux Wildenboer said the lender wanted...
