Opinion by Jonathan Said and Kartik Akileswaran Countries with a market-oriented industrial policy top the ranking of Africa’s most industrialised economies, write Jonathan Said and Kartik Akileswaran. The African Development Bank recently published the 2022 Africa Industrialisation Index, confirming that Africa’s…
Airtel Africa Plc has announced the signing of a $125 million revolving credit facility with Citibank’s subsidiaries in Sub-Saharan Africa. According to a corporate disclosure filed with the Nigerian Exchange and seen by Business Insider Africa, Airtel Africa plans to…
The round was led by Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) and also saw participation from Novastar Ventures, British International Investment (BII), and Ceniarth. Having grown 23X over the last five years, IProcure is streamlining the delivery of crucial agricultural inputs to…
Despite the numerous, lingering negative effects of the pandemic — from global supply chain disruption and rising inflationary pressures to recurrent waves of COVID-19 infections and the emergence of threatening variants — the globalisation of growth resilience will emerge as…
The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) has announced a new round of funding under which the African Development Bank’s Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI) will receive $15 million to develop and extend digital financial solutions to women-owned small and…
The fourth edition of the Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category provides comprehensive information on the least developed country (LDC) category, including a description of procedures and methodologies used in the identification of these countries and the international support…