AfDB invests $20m in infrastructure fund to catalyze continental development
Omeiza Bilal The African Development Bank has signed a $20 million equity investment in the African Infrastructure Investment Fund 4...
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Afreximbank commits $1.4bn to Ammonia, Urea fertilizer plant in Angola
Efe Tega Pan-African multilateral financial institution the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will support the establishment of Ammonia and Urea Fertilizer’s...
Goods, service sectors fuel positive Q1 2024 global trade
Omeiza Bilal Global trade trends turned positive in the first quarter of 2024, with the value of trade in goods...
UN Global Compact, AU Commission partner up to boost GABI
The United Nations Global Compact and the African Union Commission will partner up on the Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI).Through...
Financial stability implications of emerging markets currency development
By Tobias Adrian, Fabio Natalucci, and Jason Wu At the beginning of this year, we flagged that emerging markets were...
IEA forecast 4% growth in global electricity demand on robust economic growth
Efe Tega A new report projects that global electricity demand is expected to grow by around 4 per cent in...
Natural gas, the right transition fuel for South Africa
By NJ Ayuk A recent policy brief, “Natural Gas as a Transition Fuel in South Africa,” produced by Eye for...
New Africa Sustainable Development Report shows critical importance of scaled-up development financing
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the African Development Bank (AfDB),...
Integrating economic and climate data will strengthen climate policy
By Jim Tebrake, Francien Berry and Darja Milic As economies worldwide strive to reduce emissions and achieve sustainable growth, reliable...
Europe can better support venture capital to boost growth, productivity
By Nathaniel Arnold, Guillaume Claveres and Jan Frie The European Union has a productivity problem. Its people produce nearly 30...
