The Opportunity Fund will invest only in companies led by people of color, and is the first such fund to be created in response to growing protests June 30, 2020/AEC Earlier this month and following the death of George Floyd, SoftBank announced a $100m investment fund for minority-owned businesses. The […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Building resiliency in times of uncertainty
June 30, 2020 By George Ferreira, Senior Sales Director: Applications at Oracle South Africa and SADC The recent months have likely been the biggest challenge for all organisations across the continent. With almost no warning, millions of businesses – indiscriminate of size or stature – suddenly went from operating as […]
F&D: Remittances to Fall by $100 Billion in 2020
June 30, 2020/IMF F&D COVID-19 is crippling the economies of rich and poor countries alike. Yet for many low-income and fragile states, the economic shock will be magnified by the loss of remittances. In a new article for F&D, the IMF’s Antoinette Sayeh and Ralph Chami dig deeper into how the pandemic […]
