Charles Wachira, Author at Global Finance Magazine

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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

New B2B Platform For Africa

Developed by the African Export-Import Bank that serves as a broker for most of the payment systems and logistics, trading on the new business-to-business e-commerce platform Africa Trade Exchange started on May 11.

Features

More Nations Seek Greater African Presence

New trading partners seek to gain sway, but former colonial powers are well-entrenched.

News

Vodacom Ruling A Win For Africa’s Inventors

South Africa'scourt sides with the inventor of "Please Call Me" at Vodacom's expense.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Tyro Entrepreneur Catapults Into Top CEO Ranks

At the tender age of 26, Alex Rodrigues became the youngest current CEO of a US-based publicly traded company after the trucking software company he founded, Embark Trucks, went public on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Supplement

South Africa: Unemployment Rises Despite Growth

South Africa faces the conundrum of widening income disparities even in times of rising growth.

News

Zambia: Hichilema Takes The Helm Of State

Can a career businessman and management expert turn around Zambia's grim economic trajectory?

News

Sudan Loses US Terror Tag

Sudan's removal from theUS state sponsors of terrorist list will not be pain-free.

News

China Wins, US Loses In New Regional Trade Deal

"America First" allows China to take economic leadership of East Asia.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

US Payments Giant Stripe Acquires Nigerian Fintech Paystack

Stripe's acquisition is part of a wider trend of African fintech startups defyingthe odds during the global pandemic to bag multimillion-dollar M&A deals.

Features

French Telco Goes Into Online Banking In Africa

Orange skips brick-and-mortar retail locations in West Africa for an online banking service instead.

Features

Orange Prepares Africa Expansion

French telco giant consolidates its African holdings to prepare the way for further expansion.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Pandemic Strengthens African Bank Digitization

Within Sub-Saharan Africa, mobile money providers have waived or reduced transaction fees while governments are encouraging digital payments as a strategy to wean off person-to-person contact.