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Monday, 1 March 2021

BOUNCE BACK

South Africa: ‘We survived the crisis,’ says Sasol

“I think it’s a strong, bold message to say we survived the crisis,” Sasol chief financial office Paul Victor tells The Africa Report, ... adding: “We are back on our legs. We are starting to run again, from walking.”

Musical legend

Nigeria’s Ayinla Omowura: The original gangster and patron saint of Abeokuta’s working class

The late Apala musician and Abeokuta native Ayinla Omowura, who was a big star in the 1970s and died as a result of a beer parlour brawl, is ... having another moment in the spotlight. A big biography was released in 2020, and a major film is due to come out this year.

Back of the Queue

Waiving Covid-19 vaccine patent would speed up production, says Afreximbank’s Fofack

African Import-Export Bank (Afreximbank) chief economist Hippolyte Fofack supports a proposal from India and South Africa to waive patents on ... Covid-19 vaccines to make it easier to produce them in developing countries.

go west

Kenya’s business leaders looking west for more opportunities

Pop quiz: Who was the only foreign head of state present at the inauguration of President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... (DRC) in 2019?

Friday, 26 February 2021

Cracking the eastern market

Rwandan farmers take advantage of Chinese opportunities

Diego Twahirwa, a chilli farmer in Rwanda, has been exporting his produce to China since 2019. Although he exports to some European capitals ... as well, he views China as the steadiest market and he has a growing clientele there.

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Thursday, 25 February 2021

A tale of interesting beginnings

The pan-African ambitions of SouthBridge investment bank

Thanks to the interpersonal skills of its influential founders, Donald Kaberuka and Lionel Zinsou, SouthBridge has established itself on the ... African continent's financial scene. But can it catch up to its many competitors?

Circular Economy

Kenya’s Vuma Biofuels banks on sugar-cane biomass to supply energy for refugees

The idea of using sugar-cane husks as a source of biomass fuel came to Ian Otula in 2013 as he was working on a science project at school. ...

gold mines

Canadian miners dig deeper in West Africa

In the underexplored and booming gold-mining areas of West Africa, Canadian miners are moving fast to expand their operations. ...

nonperforming loans

Pumping life into the African nonperforming loan market

Last year the International Finance Corporation partnered with Nimble Group, a South African distressed debt investor, to buy $90m of unsecured ... retail nonperforming loan (NPL) portfolios in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini (former Swaziland).

Open for Business

Ecobank Nigeria’s bond sale shows African corporate debt markets open for business

Africa's first non-sovereign bond of 2021 shows that prospects for Nigeria's economic growth can pull in investors, Ecobank Nigeria managing ... director Patrick Akinwuntan tells The Africa Report.

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