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AEC Investment Committee commits to facilitate investments worth billions of USD in 2021 for African energy projects

The African Energy Chamber, will focus on new ways to bring investors directly to opportunities in Africa February 25, 2021/AEC AEC (www.EnergyChamber.org) investment Committee members bring a wealth of finance & energy industry experience and creative thinking that are key to solve the huge lack of finance facing the energy sector across […]

Themistocles and the Mathematicians: The Role of Stress Testing

Vice Chair for Supervision Randal K. Quarles At the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia February 25, 2021/US Federal Reserve One of the principal themes of human history—and certainly of economic history—is that of a sudden technological breakthrough originally deployed for one purpose being gradually refined over time until […]

Time for a digital scale-up in Africa to unlock the continent’s untapped creative economies, panelists say

The Africa Investment Forum was working to promote content deals as well as digital infrastructure projects to advance creative industries, including support to smaller players February 24, 2021/AfDB Digital platforms in Africa should scale up to take advantage of the continent’s surging demand for creative content, said Africa Investment Forum […]