The Editorial Team

Event: Electric Vehicles and the Grid Comprehensive Online Workshop

Infocus International Group, a global business intelligence provider of strategic information and professional services, has announced the new date for another round of Electric Vehicles & the Grid online workshop which will be commencing live on 15th May 2023. Even without the rapid growth of EVs, our current power systems are in the midst of a disruptive transition towards cleaner, diversified and more flexible structures. If a transition from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric…

Event: Dispatchable & Flexible Solar Power Online Workshop

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Infocus International Group is bringing back the Dispatchable & Flexible Solar Power Online Workshop this year, and it will be commencing live on 1st September 2023. A business-focused training course designed to provide business developers with an accessible and concise, yet comprehensive understanding into how advanced utility-scale solar power projects are providing greater value to the industry, its investors and energy system planners alike. ‘Dispatchable’ solar power projects are crucial to the scalability of solar…

The Politics of African Debt Restructuring By Pangea-Risk

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) — PANGEA-RISK (www.PANGEA-RISK.com) jointly published a white paper on THE POLITICS OF AFRICAN DEBT RESTRUCTURING, with Acre Impact Capital, on the need to prepare Africa’s distressed sovereigns for a new wave of sustainability capital. Download the document here: https://apo-opa.info/3oL0I9h The report finds that by 2024, many of Africa’s debt-distressed sovereigns will have successfully restructured their most unaffordable loans, whether domestic or external obligations, placing these countries in much better stead to…

Natural capital, an option for African governments to finance Sustainable Development Goals

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ABIDJAN (Capital Markets in Africa) — Africa must use all its comparative advantages to mobilize the resources it needs to finance its sustainable development ambitions. Since 2010, official development assistance has declined, falling to its lowest level of $34 billion in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimates. Access to international capital markets remains constrained and costly due to investors’ perceptions of high risk. But the continent is not short of…

Private sector crucial to overcoming Africa’s critical investment gaps

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ABIDJAN (Capital Markets in Africa) — The African Development Bank Group’s governors (www.AfDB.org) will address three strategic challenges when they meet next month for the group’s Annual meetings, the group’s Secretary General Vincent Nhemielle said during a news conference held on April 20. The challenges confronting Africa in the coming year are: financing a low carbon development path that delivers growth and inclusivity and the continent’s climate goals; placing climate adaptation at the heart of…

Building trust in digital payments in Africa

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While cash and mobile money remain the dominant payment methods in Africa, they come with significant challenges. Cash is inefficient, insecure, and expensive, while mobile money services often lack the necessary regulatory support to operate independently. However, key emerging trends in the sector are helping to drive meaningful financial inclusion across the continent, notes Mark Dankworth, President of Business Development Africa at leading Banking as a Service and embedded finance enablement partner, Ukheshe. One of…

With a gloomy growth picture in the west, is it time to look east to boost growth potential?

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By Joseph Hill, Senior Investment Analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: 2022 was a difficult year for many Asian markets with a combination of slowing growth, rising interest rates and a strong US dollar posing challenges. But with the IMF forecasting growth of 4.6% for the region in 2023, compared to global growth of 2.8%, the prospects look brighter. While Asian markets are often lumped together, they can behave quite differently. Some countries in the region are rich…

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