Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Africa: Wooing Venture Capital
African entrepreneurs, frustrated by political and economic barriers and reluctant banks, increasingly see VC as the source of the funds they need.
Author: Vincent Nwanma
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Central Bank Governor Out As Nigeria Shifts To Floating Exchange Rate
The move, which economists deem positive, is a prelude to needed monetary reform.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Nigeria’s Stock Exchange Lists Itself
Although the shares are still closely held by erstwhile members, there is a strong appetite from nonmember retail investors and institutional investors to own shares in the exchange.
Data
Looming Fiscal Risk Threatens Ghana’s Recovery
State borrowing crowds out private lending in Ghana.
Country Report
Nigeria: A Bridge To Infrastructure
Nigeria needs major upgrades but its risk profile scares investors.A blended approach could leverage public funds to spur private support.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Pandemic Spurs Demand For Trade Finance Capacity In Africa
The continent's trade finance needs are expected to increase as the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement begins.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
WTO’s Consensus Builder
The World Trade Organization gets its first woman and first African leader.
Features
Outstanding Crisis Leadership 2020: Financial Institutions
These banks provided financial support and more—for their employees, their clients and their countries.
Country Report
Nigeria’s Double Bind
Nigeria faces leadership, institutional and security challenges to building a sustainable economy. But first, it must break out of its second recession in four years.
Country Report
Ghana: Bracing For Contraction
With an election looming, Ghana’s economy grapples with a pandemic, falling oil revenues, a nagging fiscal deficit and the imperative to diversify.
Features
Nigeria’s Exchange-Rate Crisis
Will a brutal decline in the Naira force the country to finally end its multiple-exchange-rate system?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Nigerian Central Bank Prods Lenders To Boost Economy
Nigeria's central bank is trying to get the private sector moving.