Mangwana Opportunities acquires 12.5 mn shares in Invictus Energy
The raised capital will be used for future exploratory and development work associated with the oil and gas project at Invictus Energy in Muzarabani...
Tag : sub-Saharan Africa
Standard Chartered launches 8 African digital-only banks within a year
The decision to launch digital-only retail banks was driven by increasing consumer demand...
JP Morgan, UK Aid invest $15 million in Catalyst Fund
Catalyst Fund will back 30 fintech startups in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, India and Mexico over next three years...
Fintech and the future of Africa explained
Seven of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies are African, and the continent’s total GDP is forecast to double between 2015 and 2030...
Clean energy auctions gaining popularity in Sub-Saharan Africa: IRENA
A report published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has outlined the emergence of clean energy auctions to drive adoption of renewable sources for power generation across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)...
A post-2015 agenda for Asia
Asia has been enormously successful in achieving fast economic growth. But continued progress calls for an integrated stance against rising natural and social vulnerabilities. Author :Thomas, Vinod The writer is Director-General of Independent Evaluation at the Asian Development Bank, and former director-general and senior vice president of the World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group and chief...