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Africa Climate Finance Conference Ends With Call to Turn Commitments Into Investable Solutions

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The Third Annual Africa Climate Finance Conference has ended in Kampala with a call for African governments, financial institutions, development partners and the private sector to move beyond climate commitments and channel funding into bankable, locally led solutions. Held under the theme, “From Commitments to Capital: Operationalizing Africa’s Climate Finance Architecture,” the two-day conference brought…

Google takes Gemini AI into finance, legal sectors

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Google Cloud is tailoring agentic AI to regulated industries, launching dedicated Gemini Enterprise solutions for finance and legal professionals. Google Cloud is taking its Gemini Enterprise platform deeper into regulated industries, launching agentic AI solutions for financial services and legal work. The company yesterday introduced Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services and Gemini Enterprise for Legal,…

COP17 enters final stretch as finance, water talks intensify

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Finance and water emerge as defining issues at COP17. PHOTO/UNCCD. By PATRICK MAYOYO ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia Negotiators, ministers, scientists and civil society leaders have entered a decisive phase of global talks aimed at tackling desertification, land degradation and drought, as the 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to…

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Africa: COP17 – Finance, Water, Land Top Agenda As UN Desertification Talks Enter Final Stretch in Mongolia

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As the 17th session of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification enters its final week in Ulaanbaatar, ministers and global leaders will focus on finance, water, land, and food systems. The second and decisive week of the 17th session of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, UNCCD COP17, began on Monday, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia,…

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Africa Finance Corporation Raises $431m in Digital Bond Issuance

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Africa Finance Corporation raised CHF 350 million, or about $431 million, through a 5-year digital bond as the infrastructure lender expands its funding sources. The August 12 issue is reportedly the first digital bond from an African institution to be listed, traded and settled through regulated digital market infrastructure. It carries a 1.4925% coupon and…

Why the right ICT finance helps SMEs thrive within a challenging climate

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Lula’s Andrew Keggie, chief information officer, on why the gap between winning work and getting paid is the most solvable problem facing South Africa’s ICT sector. Andrew Keggie In 2026, the ICASA 2026 State of the ICT Sector report listed the sector’s revenue at R273.8bn with telecommunications growing by 4.2%. Demand is strong and the…

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Africa: PAC Research Identifies Digital Innovation, Financial Reforms As Key to Closing Africa’s $100bn Trade Finance Gap

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Chris Oshiafi PAC Research, one of Nigeria’s leading research outfits, has identified financial architecture, digital innovation, regulatory reforms and political commitment as critical to addressing Africa’s more than $100 billion unmet trade finance gap. The research outfit said digital payment systems, blockchain-enabled trade infrastructure, factoring and supply chain finance could significantly widen access to trade…

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Africa: A Landmark for African Finance – Europe’s First African Sovereign Bond ETF Opens a New Chapter

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For years, African finance ministers have made the same case at investor conferences and multilateral summits: the continent is not short of bankable projects, it is short of affordable capital. This week, that case took a tangible step forward. Legal & General Asset Management, one of Britain’s largest institutional investors, launched the L&G LSF African…

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Africa: State Minister for Finance Leads Sudan’s Delegation to the African Social Impact Summit

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Mohamed Nour Abdeldaim, Sudan’s Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, led the Sudanese delegation participating in the African Social Impact Summit (ASIS 2026), held under the theme: “Financing Development: Building Resilience and Transforming Emerging Economies.” The summit was organized by the Sterling One Foundation in partnership with the United Nations in Nigeria and…

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Africa: ‘We’re Committed to Increasing Finance for Africa’ – CAF Urges Review of FIFA Proposal

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced plans to review FIFA’s proposal to open the commercial operations of the FIFA World Cup and other major tournaments to private investment. In a statement issued on Wednesday, CAF said its president, Patrice Motsepe, will meet with the Confederation’s Executive Committee next week to examine the proposal…