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IFC’s Blended Finance Department: Blending Public and Private Finance to Invest in Challenging Markets
What can be done to encourage more private investment in developing countries, especially the poorest and most fragile? This question lies at the heart of the development challenge today. Governments and development institutions alike recognise that the private sector is
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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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African Risk Capacity (ARC): Towards Resilience – Africa Takes Disaster Management Into Its Own Hands
African Risk Capacity (ARC) has been named by CFI.co, for the second year running, as the most innovative environmental, social, and governance risk protection provider in Africa, in recognition of its dedication to technological and financial innovation, and its contribution
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CFI.co Meets the Group CEO of FDH Financial Holdings Limited: Dr Thomson F Mpinganjira
Dr Thomson Mpinganjira is the first – and so far only individual – who owns a bank in Malawi. After six years in business, Dr Mpinganjira’s bank now ranks amongst the top of the country’s twelve banks. From a small
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World Bank Group: “Customer is King” – Toward More Effective Development?
“Customer is King” is an old business saying that accentuates the importance of customers in every business. The private sector generally knows that satisfied customers are cheaper to serve and easier to deal with while unhappy customers will result in
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Joyce Banda: Showing Solidarity with the People of Malawi
In April 2012, Joyce Banda, 62 years, became the first female president of Malawi following the death of Bingu wa Mutharika. She was minister of Foreign Affairs (2006 -9) and then vice president under Mutharika in one of the poorest
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African Union Summit Now to Take Place in Ethiopia
The African Union summit has been moved to the Ethiopian capital after Malawi refused to host the gathering. Malawi has blocked the attendance of Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The July
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