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Shelter Afrique: Building Africa — One Roof at a Time

The great continent is facing a shortage of affordable housing — and that’s just one of the developmental challenges being tackled by Shelter Afrique. Africa’s housing scarcity is at crisis point due to rapid population growth and urbanisation. Governments and

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The Zoscales Partners Management Team: Ashenafi Alemu, Jacop B. Rentschler and Frederick Kambo

It all started in 2000 when co-founders Ashenafi Alemu and Jacop B. Rentschler met in a cafe in Denmark while Ashenafi was a foreign exchange student. Ashenafi and Jacop became good friends and remained close over the years as they

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Zoscales Partners: Invest Where It matters

Impact is embedded in the DNA of Zoscales Partners. Since its founding in 2014, the private equity firm has not only delivered competitive financial returns but has generated measurable impact and contributed to sustainable economic growth and quality job creation

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Equiti: History of Firsts for Fintech Group with Inclusive Vision

Equiti is a pioneering fintech firm and world-class provider of online trading technology and multi-asset financial products. The company believes that trading on the global financial markets within a safe and regulated environment should be open to everyone. Equiti’s clients

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World Bank on COVID-19 in Africa: Can Safety Nets Ease Social and Economic Impacts?

Across the world, governments have geared up to respond to the socio-economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic. Early action in countries hard-hit by the crisis range from economic stimulus packages and the lowering of interest rates to social safety nets

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SBM: Island Nation’s Bank Group Goes From Bit Part to a Starring Role

SBM — aka the SBM Group, previously known as the State Bank of Mauritius — is a major player by any name. The publicly listed company, the second-largest bank in Mauritius, has successfully positioned itself on the regional market. Over

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Business in Times of Corona: World Bank and IMF Ready to Assist Low- and Middle-Income Countries

As concerns grow over the impact of the pandemic on less resilient economies, multilaterals such as the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are readying and deploying emergency response packages. Earlier this week, Kenya received a

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SBM Securities: Major Changes and a Surge in Capabilities

SBM Securities Ltd, the stockbroking arm of SBM Group and one of the leading brokers in Mauritius, is undergoing a huge transformation. With the various entities operating under the SBM Non-Banking Financial Cluster (SBM NBFC), the SBM Group has embarked

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PwC: Nigerian Report on Ease of Doing Business

In 2016, the Nigerian economy was in a recession recording negative growth of 1.5%. This was mainly triggered by the fall in crude oil prices. There were also foreign exchange shortages and inflation which affected the growth of the services

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PwC: Oil & Gas in Africa – Planning a Response to the Price Drop

Overall, activity in the oil and gas industry across the African continent has slowed in the wake of the declining prices in late 2014. Oil production in Africa has fallen from 10.1% to 9.6% of the world’s total in 2014.

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