Features
Finance App Boosts SMEs Squeezed By Risk
New approach to funding fills gaps for African entrepreneurs with strong networks and solid track records.
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Award Winners
Growing With Startups
Sim Tshabalala, joint group chief executive of Standard Bank, explains how the continent’s biggest bank will benefit from Africa’s coming renewal.
News
South Africa Shakeup Sparks Downgrades
South Africa’s new minister of Finance, Malusi Gigaba, whose appointment brought on ratings agency downgrades, faces low confidence and slow growth.
Country Report
Angola: No Quick Fixes
With its currency batteredand government revenue down to historic lows, Angola, Africa’s largest oil producer, must now address the fundamental causes of its macroeconomic imbalances.
Data
Mauritius Sails Toward An Ocean Economy
Mauritius wants foreign direct investment, but investors should consider the economic shift currently underway toward the ocean economy.
Award Ceremonies and Events
Q&A with Vinod Madhavan, Head, Transactional Products & Services for Standard Bank Africa
Vinod Madhavan, Head, Transactional Products & Services for Standard BankAfrica at SIBOS 2016 Geneva talks with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
25 Best-Performing Companies In Africa 2016
The prolonged downturn in oil and other commodity prices has pushed petrochemical and mining firms out of the Global Finance rankings of the best-performing companies in sub-Saharan Africa this year.
News
Africa Seeks To Develop Agriculture
With a wealth of cultivable land, Africa seeks to develop agriculture.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Africa Still Growing, Despite Slump
What has changed in Africa in the past year? The precipitous drop in commodity pricesthreatened the progress made during two decades of tremendous growth, driving diversification efforts.
News
Africa Supplement 2016 | Table Of Contents
Our annual special coverage focusing on sub-Saharan Africa.
News
African Banking: Innovation And Its Limits
Africa's enormous potential for growth is hampered by its citizens'lack of access to banking.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
African Debt Loads To Grow Again
Foreign-currency bonds offer needed resources but come with heavy risks.