How influential are the body’s grey and black lists for the international banking industry?

Mobile wallet providers are offering alternative products beyond simple payment services to help shield against the impact of inflation

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger’s economies will suffer following their withdrawal from the economic bloc, and are a blow to attempts to contain Islamist violence in the Sahel region

Solving geopolitical conflicts in “one day”, a tariff bonanza and wanton environmental deregulation could be on the cards

GDP growth has not kept pace with population increases, warns the World Bank, with economic development squeezed by high debt levels.

Small-scale solar deployments have been instrumental in improving energy access and security across the continent. Consolidation in the market is set to attract increased attention from mainstream investors.

Mustafa Rawji, CEO of Rawbank, talks to John Everington about the outlook for the bank’s home market of the Democratic Republic of Congo, strategies for sustainable lending to the country’s CEOs, and the nascent bancassurance market. 

Ras Al Khaimah’s new Digital Asset Oasis is focusing on Web3 and ‘unregulated’ services to stand out in a crowded national field. 

Mamo Mihretu, governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia, talks about progress on the country’s debt restructuring talks, the fight against inflation and plans to encourage foreign investment in the country. 

Nigeria’s minister of finance and co-ordinating minister of the economy spoke last week with John Everington on stage at the Africa Financial Industry Summit in Togo.