19/5/2016/AfDB On 18 May 2016, a High-Level Delegation from Zimbabwe, led by the country’s Finance and Economic Development Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, called on the African Development Bank Group and met with its President, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina. The Delegation comprised among others, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, […]

Wed May 18, 2016/Reuters May 18 Nigeria hopes to use a proposed Islamic bonds issuance programme to help fund big infrastructure needs in Africa’s biggest economy, aiming to tie the transaction to one of several projects, a Nigerian finance official told Reuters. Nigeria plans to borrow as much as $10 […]

18/5/2016/Better Than Cash Mobile phones serving as digital “wallets” for payments to response workers proved an invaluable tool in Sierra Leone’s response to the Ebola crisis, according to a new study from the United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance (www.BetterThanCash.org). With economic instability, natural disasters and political conflict now taking […]