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Weekly Economics Wrap: 7-14 November 2024

Your Weekly Economics Wrap Welcome to this week’s economic highlights, capturing key developments from Namibia, South Africa, across Africa, and on the international stage. Namibia: Access Bank’s Graduate Program & Market Activity Access Bank Namibia recently selected 38 promising graduates to join its highly sought-after Graduate Programme, where they will undergo rigorous training at the bank’s Lagos headquarters. Head of Human Resources Edwina Hashikutuva shared that the program received over […]

todayNovember 14, 2024 13

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Business / Economics

INTERVIEW: Business and Economics Researcher Josef Kefas Sheehama on Green Bonds

In a recent discussion, Business and Economics researcher Josef Kefas Sheehama highlighted the importance of Green Bonds as a crucial financial tool for promoting sustainability in Namibia. Sheehama echoed the sentiments of the Minister of Environment, Forestry, and Tourism, who emphasized the need for private sector engagement in combating climate change. Since 2005, many banks in Namibia have begun issuing Green Bonds to raise funds for sustainable initiatives. According to […]

todayOctober 22, 2024 13

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World Bank approves $1.5 billion funding for Ethiopia

The World Bank pledged $16.6 billion of funding to Ethiopia over three years, providing a fillip to eastern Africa’s biggest economy as it restructures its debt and opens up the nation to foreign investors. Bloomberg Africa reports that the International Development Association’s assistance includes a $1 billion grant and a $500 million concessional loan to help the Horn of Africa nation strengthen its financial sector and improve fiscal transparency. According […]

todayJuly 31, 2024 13

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Launching a startup in Africa: OX Delivers

    Investing in Africa 2024 dialogue focuses on nurturing investment and collaboration across the investment value chain and driving sustainable growth in Africa. With a wide variety of industry sectors attending and many of the key financial sector participants present, investors attend AFSIC looking for new investment ideas or looking to raise capital for their own funds. To help facilitate this the AFSIC Investor Pitching room offers quickfire pitching […]

todayMay 27, 2024 10

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Bank Windhoek appoints Ngula as its e-Money Head

    Bank Windhoek’s Executive Officer of Retail Banking Services and Specialist Finance, James Chapman, recently announced the appointment of Candy Ngula as the Bank’s Head of Electronic Money (e-Money), effective Thursday, 1 February 2024. Chapman said that, in her new role, Ngula will focus on driving the value of e-Money and will be responsible for the growth and optimisation of e-Money across Bank Windhoek’s Retail Banking Services. Ngula joins […]

todayFebruary 20, 2024 7

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Africa

Ethiopia’s first stock exchange on horizon as it begins licensing investment banks

    By Conrad Onyango, bird story agency   Ethiopia has entered the final stage of its first stock exchange launch, as the country’s Capital Market Authority begins to on-board foreign investment banks from the second week of February. The regulator announced that it will start issuing investment bank licenses from February 12th 2024- the first time in the country’s history and after six ‘rigorous’ months of developing guidelines to […]

todayFebruary 14, 2024 13

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