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Executive Interviews

Building An Investment Bridge: Q&A With Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright

Alice Albright, CEO of the US foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), discusses why Africa is an important investment destination for US dollars.

Executive Interviews

Growth Despite Headwinds: Q&A With NCBA Group Managing Director John Gachora

John Gachora, NCBA Group managing director, spoke to Global Finance on NCBA Bank’s consolidation-driven growth strategy amid global and local shocks.

Executive Interviews

Moving Beyond Petro: Q&A With Zenith Bank CEO Ebenezer Onyeagwu

Ebenezer Onyeagwu, CEO of Zenith Bank, shares thoughts on the bank’s strategy to maintain its dominance in the Nigerian market while exploring opportunities beyond.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Central Banker Report Cards 2022

After years of easy money, central banks are tightening up—some more quickly than others. Global Finance grades their performance in the face of the past year’s rising inflation.

News

Kenya: New President Ready To Hustle

The new president has said he intends to prioritize agriculture and food security, stimulate job creation and reawaken the competitiveness of the private sector by reducing government domestic borrowing.

News

Food Security Rears Its Ugly Head

Lack of agricultural investments by African nations leads to a bitter harvest.

News

China Offers Africa Debt Relief

For China, interest-free debt cancellation does not have significant material impacts on its debt stock in the continent.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Somalia Returns To The Global Banking Scene

Egypt’s Banque Misr and Turkey’s Ziraat Katilim are the first international banks to begin operations in Somalia.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Multinational Banks Scale Back African Operations

Standard Chartered and Barclays Bank are both reducing their presence in African markets.

Banking

World’s Best Banks 2022: Africa

Africa’s banks bounce back after a rough year.

News

Ukrainian War Hits The BRICS

Russia's war in Ukraine may strain the BRICS bloc and the fortunes ofthe bloc'sNew Development Bank.

News

Africa Stays Neutral In Russia-Ukraine War While Bracing For Impact

Africa's neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine war won't stop the continent from experiencing economic fallout from the conflict.