OPINION/EDITORIAL

Nigeria and African Energy Poverty and Gas-To-Power Projects: Build More and Build Better

Image Credit: AEC November 22, 2022 By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber As the executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber (AEC), it’s my honor and my privilege to tell the world the story of Africa’s oil and gas industry – to explain what this continent can do […]

Africa’s Growing Crypto Market Needs Better Regulations

Credit: Lucadp/AdobeStock November 22, 2022/IMF Habtamu Fuje, Saad Quayyum, Tebo Molosiwa CHART OF THE WEEK Fintech The risks from crypto assets are evident—it’s time to regulate The collapse of the world’s third largest crypto exchange FTX, and subsequent plunge in the prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major crypto assets, […]

Empowering small-scale food producers with fintech

November 22, 2022/EBRD By Cecilia Calatrava Image Credit: EBRD With Taiwanese support, start-up HeavyFinance is changing Europe’s agricultural landscape Intuitively, large-scale, industrial agriculture might seem like the easiest solution to feeding the world’s growing population, but this would be somewhat short sighted. Small farmers not only produce around one-third of the […]