OPINION/EDITORIAL

Bridging the Digital Divide to Scale Up the COVID-19 Recovery

November 5, 2020/IMFBlog By Patrick Njoroge and Ceyla Pazarbasioglu Digitalization has in the past few years enabled developing countries in particular to leapfrog on financial inclusion. Countries like Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda and Tanzania have made great advances in connecting their citizens to financial systems by leveraging on mobile phone technology. […]

Nigeria’s Ballooning Debt Profile

Culled—Proshare November 5, 2020 By CSL Research A Business Day report says the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, in her presentation to the  Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts noted that the country’s total public debt will hit N38tn by December 2021. She noted that the […]

Are AfDB’s financing policies climate-friendly?

The twin crises, COVID-19 and the climate emergency, have made it clear, even for global financial institutions, that we must seize this moment to transform November 5, 2020/350.org By Wangeci Migwi, Amy Giliam and Nicole Rodel With the climate crisis threatening over half of the global GDP, there can be […]