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Workiva Unveils Intelligent Finance, GRC, and Sustainability to Accelerate AI Transformation for the Office of the CFO

eriinfo.com7 months ago05 mins

Workiva Inc. (NYSE: WK), the world’s leading AI-powered platform for transparency, accountability, and trust, announced today at Amplify a major expansion of its intelligent platform, introducing agentic AI, unified data automation, and a modernized controls experience for the Office of the CFO. The new capabilities allow finance, GRC, and sustainability teams to streamline complex workflows,…

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Africa: Banks Embed Climate Risk, Gender and Sustainability in Finance Products

eriinfo.com7 months ago012 mins

Nairobi — Ahead of the Conference of the Parties (COP30), the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa is looking to mobilize billions for renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, green housing, and gender-focused financing. As climate shocks intensify across East Africa, from failed rains in Kenya’s arid north to devastating floods in Tanzania’s coastal belt,…

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Africa Calls for Reframing Global Climate Action With Science, Finance

eriinfo.com7 months ago03 mins

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — African Group of Negotiators (AGN) and the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) have called for a reframing of global climate action to be science-driven and responsive to Africa’s growing vulnerability to climate change. Speaking at the 13th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa in Addis Ababa, the capital…

Africa: ‘It’s Time to Deliver’ – COP29 Presidency Urges Action on Climate Finance Promises

eriinfo.com7 months ago026 mins

Climate change continues to have escalating impacts on the world, making the Conference of the Parties (COP) an essential global climate action platform. Climate-related disasters are increasing worldwide, affecting mostly developing countries that contribute very little to global emissions. In Africa, climate change costs countries between 2% and 5% of their GDP. Some nations even…

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Africa Demands Fair Share of Global Climate Finance

eriinfo.com7 months ago08 mins

ADDIS ABABA – Officials at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Week 2 called for the removal of bureaucratic hurdles that hinder progress to climate financing in global south. The Climate Week 2, 2025 has officially opened yesterday in Addis Ababa under the theme “Dialogues for Ambition and Implementation” At the event,…

Future-fit enterprise: finance as a growth engine

eriinfo.com7 months ago09 mins

Are finance teams still reporting on what happened yesterday, or are they shaping what happens next? This was the centre of the conversation that happened at the Bryanston Country Club on 13 August 2025. Senior leaders gathered for TechCentral’s exclusive briefing, hosted with Sage. The focus? Future-fit enterprise – finance as a growth engine. Finance…

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Africa: Ghibconverge 2025 Outlines Bold Roadmap for Africa’s Commodity and Trade Finance Transformation

eriinfo.com7 months ago014 mins

67 Cheapside, City of London — Ghana International Bank (GHIB) has concluded GHIBCONVERGE 2025, its flagship thought-leadership and impact forum, after three days of intensive debate on the future of African commodity trade and finance. The event, held in the City of London from 6-8 August 2025, brought together policymakers, financiers, commodity executives, legal specialists,…

Africa: Remittances As Development Finance – Africa’s Overlooked Billions

eriinfo.com7 months ago011 mins

Other global south economies provide valuable lessons on successfully transforming remittance flows into broad-based growth. In just over a decade, remittance inflows to Africa have surged from approximately US$53 billion in 2010 to US$95 billion in 2024. During this time, their share of the continent’s GDP rose from 3.6% to 5.1%, making remittances one of…

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Africa: Governments Must Back $125bn Tfff Forest Fund With Stronger Finance Laws

eriinfo.com7 months ago07 mins

The Brazilian Presidency’s flagship conservation finance initiative for COP30 – the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) – must be supported by sponsor governments also introducing stronger rules to close loopholes that allow the financing of deforestation, Global Witness has warned. The Government of Brazil today released its latest plans for the $125 billion initiative, which…

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Africa: Namibia’s Green Finance Revolution – A Blueprint for Africa’s Energy Future

eriinfo.com7 months ago08 mins

Namibia is quietly emerging as one of Africa’s most compelling clean energy stories. With world-class solar and wind resources, the country is now pairing natural advantage with financial innovation to reshape its energy future. At the heart of this transformation is the green project financing, a fast-evolving mechanism that is unlocking capital, accelerating infrastructure and…