GHANA to host Africa’s political and business summit, Africa Prosperity Dialogues – Zambia Daily Mail
GHANA is earmarked to host Africa’s political and business leaders’ maiden edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues (APD) this month-end. MONICA KAYOMBO, lusaka In a statement issued yesterday, Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretary general Wamkele Mene and other invited African leaders and accomplished business leaders are
African fintech market poised for exponential growth, forecasted to reach $150 billion by 2025
McKinsey’s analysis shows that fintech companies are providing significant value to their customers. Their transactional solutions can be up to 80% cheaper, and the interest on savings can be up to three times higher than those offered by traditional players. The cost of remittances may also be up to six times cheaper through fintechs. Growth
BD Insider, Letter 144
This is the first letter of 2023, welcome to the new year! We look forward to bringing you more impressive reporting about the impact of technology in Africa. As usual, this will be an exciting ride. In Letter 144, we examine: African companies in Y Combinator 2023 winter batch Nigerian agritech, Releaf’s $3.3 million pre-series
Winners emerge in entrepreneurship contest
Winners have emerged from the youth-empowering not-for-profit organisation and Africa’s large high school entrepreneurship competition, Junior Achievement Africa. A statement said First Bank partnered with JA Africa to organise the 12th edition of Company of the Year competition, Africa’s high school entrepreneurship competition which was hosted in Nigeria with the theme ‘Fueling Changemakers’. It stated
South Africa to offer Nigeria’s business leaders 10-year visas
South Africa carried its “We are open for business” message to Lagos Monday, saying it worked on easing the misery of Nigerians applying for visas into the country and that it will now issue long term visas of up to ten years to proven Nigerian businessmen. Bobby Moroe, the South African Consul General announced this
Lagos Has Highest Rent Index Among African Cities
By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi It is common knowledge that while Nigerians and, of course, the global community were on Sunday, January 1, 2023, celebrating the ‘arrival’ of a brand new year, former President Olusegun Obasanjo released to Nigerians his regular trademark Open Letter, where he, among other remarks, endorsed the Labour Party candidate in the
Thoma Bravo continues to invest
The continued acquisition/investment activity of Thoma Bravo was one of the main themes of the technology industry last month. Connect acquired Pivotal Data and illation, South African providers of enterprise communication, customer experience (CX) and cloud contact centre solutions.Redwill ICT bought Opentel, a provider of ISP services.Alviva Holdings has received a binding offer from a
Gunmen attack Nigeria train station, kidnap more than 30 – Modern Ghana
Gunmen attacked a train station in southern Nigeria, kidnapping about 30 people … After Test struggles, South Africa pin hopes on new T20 league.
Ghana to host Africa’s business leaders at maiden Africa Prosperity Dialogues
Under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and His Excellency Wamkele Mene, secretary general of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, the maiden edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues series will hold from Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 January 2023 in Ghana, host
Ghana 2022/23 cocoa arrivals up 76% by Dec. 15- COCOBOD regulator
ABIDJAN, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Ghana’s graded and sealed (G&S) cocoa arrivals stood at 350,000 tonnes by Dec. 15 since the start of this year’s harvest on Oct. 1, up 76% from 199,000 tonnes in the same period the previous season, figures from regulator COCOBOD showed on Monday. G&S is cocoa that has been quality