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Top U.S. Officials, Citi and Cybastion, U.S. Tech Leaders Formally Announce 0M EXIM Financing Guarantee in Africa’s Digital Sector

Top U.S. Officials, Citi and Cybastion, U.S. Tech Leaders Formally Announce $100M EXIM Financing Guarantee in Africa’s Digital Sector

eriinfo.com9 months ago07 mins

NEW YORK — EXIM-Backed Financing Guarantee Unlocks Capital, De-Risks U.S. Entry Into Africa’s Fast-Growing Digital Market Top U.S. officials, Citi, U.S. tech leader Cybastion and a consortium of U.S. tech companies announced the Export-Import Bank’s first-ever $100 million financing guarantee in Africa’s digital sector for a national data center and digitalization project in Côte d’Ivoire….

Africa Climate Summit Puts Financing and Resilience Under the Spotlight

eriinfo.com10 months ago07 mins

The second Africa Climate Summit opened in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Monday, with the continent determined to position itself not only as a frontline victim of global warming but also as a source of solutions and innovation. From 8 to 10 September, 45 heads of state and government, alongside more than 25,000 campaigners,…

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Africa: Rethinking Risk – Financing Africa’s Upstream Future Requires a New Approach, By Rolake Akinkugbe-Filani

eriinfo.com10 months ago09 mins

Volatile prices, shifting geopolitical alliances, ESG pressures, and the uncertain pace of the global energy transition are squeezing traditional financing models. Africa’s upstream oil and gas industry is at a defining moment. The continent is rich in reserves and ambition, but capital is no longer flowing as easily as it once did. Volatile prices, shifting…

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Africa: Experts Urge Innovative Financing to Boost Africa’s Lassa Fever Research

eriinfo.com10 months ago08 mins

They warned that continued reliance on external donors threatens the continent’s epidemic preparedness Ahead of the ECOWAS Lassa Fever International Conference 2025 (ELFIC2025), regional health experts have urged African governments to adopt innovative financing models to boost research and vaccine development for Lassa Fever and other emerging diseases. They made the call at a preparatory…

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Africa Rallies New Financing Models to Shield Communities From Climate-Driven Health Crises

eriinfo.com10 months ago05 mins

WHO and AECF convene regional workshop to pioneer climate-resilient health financing solutions Nairobi, Kenya – 20 August 2025 – As rising heat waves, floods, and droughts push Africa’s health systems to the brink, governments, innovators, and partners are charting a new path to protect the continent’s most vulnerable communities. At a two-day regional workshop in…

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Africa: Financing for Development – Reforming Global Financial Systems Must Center African Women

eriinfo.com11 months ago08 mins

As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) concluded in Seville, Spain in early July 2025, global leaders adopted the “Seville Commitment,” reaffirming the urgent need to reform the international financial architecture, expand fiscal space, and advance gender equality. These commitments are timely and necessary. But without actionable and enforceable reforms, African countries—and African women…

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Africa: 6th African Philanthropy Conference to Advance Sustainable Financing for the Majority World

eriinfo.com11 months ago07 mins

The 6th African Philanthropy Conference (6th APC) will take place from Sunday 27 July to Thursday 31 July 2025 at the American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt, under the theme “Sustainable Financing for Development in the Majority World.” This year’s convening hosted by the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy, Civic Engagement, and Responsible Business…

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Africa: Financing for Whom? Trials & Tribulations From the Fourth Financing for Development in Seville

eriinfo.com12 months ago023 mins

New York — The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) took place in Seville, Spain from 30th June to 3rd July amidst intensifying attacks on multilateralism, unprecedented cuts to global aid and development financing, and regression of decades of progress in the fight against poverty. Participants at the once-a-decade United Nations (UN) conference…

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Africa: Afrishela Fund’s Alternative Credit Assessment – Another Promising Approach to Narrowing the Gender Financing Gap

eriinfo.com12 months ago05 mins

Insights from the World Bank GROW Expo Despite women contributing nearly 40% of Africa’s GDP, they receive less than 7% of private equity and venture capital funding–and only a fraction of that reaches women-led SMEs. At the recent World Bank’s GROW Expo in Uganda, the Graça Machel Trust’s Afrishela Fund challenged this disparity with a…

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Africa: Time to Rethink Health Financing – It’s Not Just a Public Sector Concern

eriinfo.com1 year ago09 mins

By Hatice Beton, Roberto Durán-Fernández, Dennis Ostwald and Rifat Atun As G7 leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations wrapped up their summit in Kananaskis June 16, a critical issue was absent from the agenda: the future of global health financing. Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, trade conflicts and cuts to development aid, health has been sidelined…