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IMF Board Approves Temporary Increases to Access Limits Under the Large Natural Disaster Window of the Rapid Credit Facility and of the Rapid Financing Instrument

June 21, 2021/IMF On June 21, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved temporary modifications to access limits under the large natural disaster (LND) windows of the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) and of the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) . The LND windows were introduced in 2017 to […]

AfCFTA to Buoy Investment Opportunities Abound in Nigeria, Africa Post-Pandemic-Ikeazor

June 19, 2021 By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA ) will buoy investment opportunities that are abound in Nigeria and Africa post-COVID-19, Philip Ikeazor, former Chief Executive Officer of Keystone Bank Limited and Director, Greenwich Merchant Bank said on Saturday at Cranfield Nigeria Alumni virtual […]

OPEC Secretary General, three major oil ministers, confirm presence at African Energy Week 2021

Mohammed Barkindo, OPEC General Secretary, has confirmed his presence at Africa’s Energy Chamber’s landmark event in Cape Town June 17, 2021/AEC The landmark event has drawn an unprecedented level of support from across the continent within less than a week after it was first announced. Mohammed Barkindo, OPEC General Secretary, […]