Ensuring business keeps running in a period of crisis
The coronavirus situation has slowed down the economy by untold proportions. When all this first unfolded, there was defiance and hope that the situation would quickly resolve. Howe…...
Read More Kenya-based investor sees opportunity in Covid-19 crisis
EquaLife Capital, a venture debt investor based in Nairobi, has launched its $20 million Africa Venture Debt Covid-19 Relief Fund and iscurrently seeking investors to commit capital…...
Read More How Kenya can unlock the huge SMEs’ potential
The recent small and medium enterprises expo hosted by National Media Group two weeks ago was an eye-opener. The forum highlighted not only the challenges that the SMEs face, but a…...
Read More US investors to inject sh1.1 trillion in Uganda’s health, real estate
KAMPALA - A group of African American investors has offered to invest up to $300m (sh1.1trillion) in the health and real estate sectors in Uganda.The 13- man delegation led by Mark …...
Read More Kenya-US trade talks could yield big fruits
Last week, interesting rumblings started pouring out of State House Nairobi and the White House in Washington DC. Global media firms from London to Tokyo to Cape Town to Berlin pick…...
Read More Moody’s B3 rating shows economy is on track - Ghana gov't
Ghana’s Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said that Moody’s rating of the country’s economic outlook as positive shows that the economy is on the right track.At a pre…...
Read More Ethiopia’s reformist leader Abiy Ahmed woos private sector investors to fuel economic growth
Jan. 28 2020Ethiopian leader’s mettle is yet to be tested as the country tries to attract private sector investments to sustain its economic growth, reports Gavin du Venage from Ca…...
Read More Germany to support Ghana's economy
The German government has underlined its readiness to stand with Ghana every step of the way to grow its economy and end its over-reliance on development assistance.Ms Dorothee Dink…...
Read More Uganda signs commercial deals at UK-Africa Investment Summit
A major new partnership with the city of London was announced, along with a landmark new partnership with five African countries, including Uganda, to mobilise private sector invest…...
Read More Britain woos Kenya with Sh170bn deals in summit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday pitched £1.3 billion (about Sh170 billion) business opportunities to a Kenyan delegation led by President Uhuru Kenyatta at the i…...
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