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Impact Investing in Africa: The Vital Catalyst for Sustainable Development
In a world beset by social and environmental challenges, one area is emerging as a vehicle to bring positive change — and financial gains… While impact investing is acquiring global traction, it has special relevance for Africa, a continent teeming
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Investing in Africa: What to Know About Impact Funding… and More
Thavin Audit, deputy head of corporate and investment banking at Bank One, explores how Mauritius and the Middle East could partner for deeper impact financing. Bank One has gleaned — and shared — some exclusive insights from a meeting with
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N Justin Chinyanta: A Pan-African Plan Hatched Back in 1992, with a Dream
The Loita Group chair and co-founder had a clear ambition in mind from the word go… N Justin Chinyanta, chair and co-founder of the Loita Group, set the foundations of the group in place back in 1992 with the aim
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Loita Capital Partners: A Reach as Wide as the African Continent Itself, and Still Roaring with Ambition
Pan-African by nature and global in its sense of drive, Loita Capital Partners has garnered a reputation for its pioneering exploits. Loita Capital Partners International, a subsidiary of the Loita Group, is a boutique institution offering pan-African investment banking services.
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Investing in Africa? Here Are Six Reasons to Choose Ghana
The West African nation is on the rise in several vital areas, including stability and ease of doing business… As the world shakes off the dust of the recent recession, the search is on for the next global commerce hotspot.
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Supporting African Businesses: A Focus on Sustainability and Close Customer Relationships
The Access Bank UK Ltd is making significant strides with its international expansion – and there are good reasons for that… The Access Bank UK Ltd provides trade finance, commercial banking, private banking and asset management products and services for
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UNCDF: Tanga UWASA Issues a Historic Green Bond for Water Infrastructure
The bond represents an important capital market transaction for the city of Tanga — and the whole of Tanzania,. The Tanga Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority (Tanga UWASA) has issued a 10-year water infrastructure green revenue bond valued at
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‘Leaders Must be Bold’ — a Fearless Lagos Credit Bureau CEO Speaks Out
Group Managing Director/CEO of Nigeria’s CRC Credit Bureau Ltd, Dr. ‘Tunde Popoola, in conversation with CFI.co. Lagos-based CRC Credit Bureau, in association with Dun & Bradstreet, provides nationwide information on credit profiles, for consumers as well as corporate entities. The
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The Man Driving the Rio Tinto Bus: Meet Jakob Stausholm
Rio Tinto chief executive Jakob Stausholm is steering this mining giant as it rolls towards sustainability. Since taking over as CEO in January 2021, Stausholm has led the company through hills and valleys of transition, aiming always for environmental responsibility,
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Banco Société Générale Moçambique: Established, Respected, Clear on Priorities, and Transparent in All its Dealings
Mozambique institution has a major European player as a shareholder — and an A rating from S&P… With a presence in the country since 2015, Banco Société Générale Moçambique is a member of the Société Générale Group, one of the
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