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Africa: AUC Chairperson During This Morning’s Opening Session of the Ministerial Segment of the Fifty-Eighth Session of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Tangier, Morocco

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago02 mins

During this morning’s opening session of the ministerial segment of the Fifty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Tangier, Morocco, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the AU Commission, joined H.E. Nadia Fettah, Minister of Economy & Finance of Morocco, H.E. @NOIweala, DG…

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Africa: AfDB Commits $5.7m to Finance Solar Mini-Grids in Africa

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago03 mins

African Development Bank will provide $5.65 million to support a financing mechanism for solar mini-grids in Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The funding, approved in Abidjan, will be deployed as a repayable grant through the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa. It is matched by the Nordic Development Fund, bringing…

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African Climate Adaptation Finance Bolsters Defences

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago013 mins

Climate adaptation finance models have led to measurable results in Benin, Namibia and Ethiopia, AU report finds. [YAOUNDE, SciDev.Net] A climate change adaptation financing model implemented in Benin that has enabled new flood defences, irrigation systems, and resilient crops, has been hailed as an example to other African nations. The West African country faces mounting…

Durban’s finance leaders are done with AI theatre

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago08 mins

Finance teams are not short of dashboards, automation tools or AI pilots. What they are short of is time and confidence. Time to close, time to forecast, time to interrogate variance properly. Confidence that the numbers in front of them reflect the business as it is, not as it was two weeks ago. That gap…

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Afreximbank and Fci to Host Africa Regional Conference On Factoring, Receivables Finance & Credit Insurance in Kampala

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

Cairo/Amsterdam — African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and FCI will jointly host the Africa Regional Conference on Factoring, Receivables Finance & Credit Insurance on 15-16 April 2026 in Kampala, Uganda. As Africa moves towards a unified market, these financial tools serve as essential catalysts for bridging the trade finance gap, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises…

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Afreximbank Announces Opening of Registration for 2026 Certificate of Trade Finance in Africa

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago04 mins

The Afreximbank Academy (AFRACAD) has announced the opening of registration for its 2026 Certificate of Trade Finance in Africa (COTFIA), one of its flagship programmes designed to strengthen Africa’s trade finance capacity by enhancing trade-related skills and addressing critical capacity gaps, enabling the continent to compete more effectively in global markets. According to AFRACAD, registration…

Africa: Climate Finance Has Failed Africa Twice Over – How to Fix It

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago015 mins

The effects of climate change are no longer a future risk for Africa. They are a present crisis. Floods are destroying infrastructure that took decades to build. Droughts are collapsing harvests and displacing communities. Extreme heat is eroding labour productivity and straining health systems. Coastal communities are losing ground to rising seas and storm surges….

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Africa Needs 50 Million New Homes, but Building Is Bad for the Environment – How to Finance ‘Green’ Solutions

eriinfo.com1 month ago010 mins

The future of housing raises some serious environmental concerns. Construction has been linked to 39% of global carbon emissions, and the concrete industry alone is responsible for 8% of the world’s greenhouse gases. Solutions will be especially useful in Africa, because so much building still needs to be done. The continent’s population is projected to…

India’s finance minister sees modest fiscal consolidation in budget

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

India’s government plans a modest improvement in its fiscal picture in the coming financial year, with reductions in the fiscal deficit and debt, while boosting manufacturing in sectors ranging from textiles to chips. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her ninth consecutive budget speech, said on Sunday that the government sees its fiscal deficit falling to…

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Africa’s Climate Finance Rules Are Growing, but They’re Weakly Enforced – New Research

eriinfo.com3 months ago012 mins

Climate change is no longer just about melting ice or hotter summers. It is also a financial problem. Droughts, floods, storms and heatwaves damage crops, factories and infrastructure. At the same time, the global push to cut greenhouse gas emissions creates risks for countries that depend on oil, gas or coal. These pressures can destabilise…