Podcast; Empowering Women in Finance: OESAI's Role in Driving Financial Inclusion
This episode focuses on the role of member-based organizations, like the Organization of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurance (OESAI), in promoting financial inclusion, particularly for women in the financial sector. [...]
MTN Group Service Revenue Falls to US$4.78 Bn in H1 2024
MTN Group has posted a half-year 2024 loss, weighed down by devaluation of the Nigerian naira and operational challenges in Sudan. At the end of the period, MTN's total subscriber [...]
Nigeria's Inflation Eases for the First Time Since 2022
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate eased to 33.4% in July 2024, slowing for the first time in almost 2 years, down from a 28-Year high of 34.19% in the previous month. [...]Abuja, Lagos Among Most Affordable Cities for Expatriates
Nigeria’s Abuja and Lagos are most affordable cities to live in for international assignees, thanks to currency depreciation. In February, IMF in its 2024 Post–Financing Assessment and Staff Report disclosed [...]Africa CDC Declares Mpox a Public Health Emergency
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has declared the ongoing Mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), the first such declaration by the [...]
Sandbox Regulations to Ease Tanzania's Fintech Penetration Approved
The Bank of Tanzania has been lauded for its commitment to reduce regulatory burdens for financial startups in the country, after introducing a sandbox regulation framework for pilot innovators. These [...]Conduit Appoints Kenyan to Head Africa Expansion After US$ 6mn Helios Investment
Conduit, a cross-border payments platform, has secured US$ 6.5 million from Helios Digital Ventures to expand across Africa and grow its B2B money transfer system. Businesses using the platform can [...]Former Mozambique Finance Minister Convicted of $2Bn Loans Fraud
A former Finance minister of Mozambique, Manuel Chang, has been convicted by a US Court of bribery to secretly commit his country to huge loans that prosecutors say ended up [...]Evolution of Consumer Behavior in the Insurance Sector
In this episode, Nuru Mugambi, Chairperson of the Angaza Forum, and Patience Muvea, Chief Actuary at Liberty Life Kenya, discuss the transformative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumer behavior [...]Burundi Joins EAC Harmonized Call Tariffs Framework
Inbound and outbound roaming traffic between Kenya and Burundi is likely to improve following the entry of Burundi into the East African Community (EAC) One Network Area. “These unique tariffs, [...]Founders Factory Rebrands to 54 Collective, Changes Business Model
Startup accelerator Founders Factory Africa is rebranding to 54 Collective in a move to broaden its financial and capacity-building support to innovators across the entire continent. We have learnt that [...]DRC's Rawbank Invests in Africa Finance Corporation
Rawbank, the largest bank in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has made an equity investment in the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), two years after the DRC Government made a [...]
