February 15, 2019/OilPrice.com Oil prices headed higher on Friday for the fifth day in a row as fears related to U.S.-China trade talks subsided and production cuts continued to make headlines. Friday, February 15, 2019 Oil posted sizable gains this week, with ongoing outages in Venezuela tightening the market. Also, […]
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Angola’s Corruption Crackdown: Can Reality Match Ambition?
President Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço is pursuing an elite accused of syphoning off Angola’s wealth; In a new report, A2 Global Risk assesses whether his ambitions can be matched by an ability to recover assets, and what this means for foreign companies seeking opportunities there February 154, 2019/A2 Global Risk When […]
Fintech in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Potential Game Changer
February 14, 2019/IMFBlog By Amadou N. R. Sy If you are reading this blog—drawn by current buzz around financial technology and the “fintech” reference in the title, and its promise to democratize financial services—then it is probably a safe bet to assume that you have heard of M-Pesa. This mobile payments system started […]
