The CEO View: OMAI’s CEO Talks Africa, Trade
The recently-ratified Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) agreement will have the near-term effect of boosting cross-border trade, in particular granting…
Climate Resilience Is an Economic Opportunity in Africa
Africa is home to a growing number of entrepreneurs who see business opportunities in sustainable agriculture and forestry. This is an opportune…
Kenya Economic Performance “Stabilizing”
Stable Outlook Reflects Agency Expectation Of Growth Global rating agency SP Global last month places the sub-Saharan nation of Kenya…
Renminbi’s Integration Into Africa Set To Continue
In global trade corridors, the renminbi (RMB) is maturing, albeit with some teething issues as it evolves from an emerging…
Fitch Takes Namibia Down To “Junk”
Fitch Ratings this month announced that it had downgraded Namibia to junk status, just two weeks after the country’s finance minister Calle Schlettwein…
Kenya: Outlook Worsening Over Domestic Politics
With its August elections annulled and re-polling now set for late October, Emerging Market Views examines the current political and…
In Emerging Markets, Engaging Conversations At Scale
With thousands of consumers coming online every day, continental Africa is fertile ground for not only consumer goods but targeted…
In Emerging Markets, Tala Is Building Financial Identities
Entrepreneurship In Emerging Markets: Shivani Siroya, CEO, Tala Shivani Siroya is the founder and CEO of Tala, a mobile technology…
Kenya Outlook Placed On “Negative”: Fitch
Frontier Friday: Account Deficit Leads To Negative Outlook Kenya, which has improved its country ranking by 21 to 108 in the…
Microsoft Co-Founder Taps Kenya For Solar
Frontier Friday: Allen’s Vulcan To Offer Small-Scale Solar Plants Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has announced plans to sell 10 small-scale…
Transforming Trade in Africa
For a continent as big and diverse as Africa, regional integration is a mammoth task. But the longer African nations…
Pursue Opportunities in Emerging Markets: SLI
With 2016 officially half over, global equity funds are reflecting a story of mixed performance. Some groups are up, while…
