“Africa can no longer rely solely on external sources of finance”: Olivier Noel reveals AFIS 2025 main theme
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19 Aug 2025
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28 Jul 2025
As Kenya hopes to raise up to $500m from diaspora bonds by 2026, should past performance of national diaspora bonds
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1 Jul 2025
Zenith, Access Bank, MCB and AFG lay out their market entry plans for this year, while weighing the threat –
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From establishing equitable debt frameworks to positioning African banking giants on the global stage, the AFIS platform sets out the
Commercial banking outlook
26 Mar 2025
Cultivating Africa’s own corporate giants comparable to Meta, NVIDIA, and America’s Magnificent Seven holds the key to the continent’s economic
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26 Feb 2025
With over 300 million people in Africa lacking access to basic financial services, Africa’s financial industry cannot afford to become
Global economic & stability challenges
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While French Development Agency (AFD) projects Africa’s economy will grow by 4% in 2025 (up from 3.7% in 2024), Africa’s
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African financial institutions should look to local sources of financing rather than always turning directly to the West, but pension,
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4 Feb 2025
With 36.7 billion transactions totalling $701.4 billion in 2021, Africa already dominates the global mobile money landscape, comprising over two-thirds
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