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African and US development financiers reaffirm their commitment to attracting greater private sector capital to Africa

They spoke during a panel event to discuss their organizations’ role in post-COVID-19 environment as part of a day-long public forum on investing in Africa’s future October 21, 2020/AfDB The continent’s largest development finance institutions have emphasized that a sustained and collaborative approach among development partners to scale up project […]

Kaspersky warns of top IT security threats in Africa

In South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria, APT groups are exploiting the current uncertainty around COVID-19 to steal sensitive information October 21, 2020/Kaspersky Despite research showing an overall decrease in certain malware families and types in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in H1 2020 (36% decrease in South Africa, 26% decrease in Kenya […]

Achieving a Broad-Based and Inclusive Recovery

October 21, 2020/US Federal Reserve At the “Post-COVID—Policy Challenges for the Global Economy” Society of Professional Economists Annual Online Conference (via webcast) I want to express my appreciation to Kevin Daly for inviting me to participate in the Society of Professional Economists Annual Online Conference.1 The U.S. economy saw a […]