Approving a proposal previously created by the institution, the board of the African Development Bank, will launch what is in their words “a meeting place for investors interested in Africa”. The aspiration of the creators of the Africa Investment Forum, is that it would be uniquely [...]
Wendy Pienaar, head of emerging payments at Standard Bank, estimates that the next ten years could see the rise of online and mobile payments, leading to reduced use of paper and plastic money. While at present only a minuscule percentage of the African continent uses non paper methods of payment, [...]
In collaboration with the US-Africa Clean Energy Finance (ACEF) program, Rwanda is set to launch one of Africa’s largest solar facilities. Part of the Gigawatt Global project which aims to supply 1,000 MW of solar power in Africa by 2020, 15,000 homes are estimated to be supplied with energy. [...]
The Boston Consulting Group has suggested that fears of an bubble emerging in private equity on the continent. Pointing towards growing investment targets and environment in the continent they seek to dispel many newly formed fears. [...]
Swiss-Angolan entrepreneur, Jean-Claude Bastos de Morais has advocated Mauritius as a prospective major opportunity in investing. Calling attention towards their numerous agreements and relationships with its fellow African countries as well as the Southern African Development Community amongst [...]
Travel data company, ForwardKeys has estimated that travel in North Africa has declined as a result of recent terror attacks. However in this period largely as a result of improved travel capacity in East Africa, the region has seen an increase in travel, particularly in Kenya and Tanzania. Source: [...]