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Afreximbank Says Africa Must Raise Factoring Volumes to At Least €240 Billion to Support SME-Led Transformation

eriinfo.com6 months ago04 mins

Afreximbank has highlighted the critical importance of factoring and supply chain finance (SCF) in narrowing Africa’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) financing gap and building resilient value chains across the continent. Speaking at Afreximbank’s annual Factoring Workshop in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Mrs Kanayo Awani, Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export Development (IAED) at Afreximbank…

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AGOA Alliance Mobilizes Bipartisan Support for Extension

eriinfo.com6 months ago05 mins

Washington, DC — The AGOA Alliance, a coalition of U.S. and African business, policy, and trade leaders, today sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging a 2–5-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The letter, addressed to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, Speaker Mike Johnson, and House…

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Africa’s Drylands Need the Right Kind of Support – Listening to the Pastoralists Who Live There

eriinfo.com6 months ago012 mins

Africa’s drylands are often imagined as vast, empty spaces. Romantic wilderness on the one hand. Zones of hunger, conflict and poverty on the other. Media stories tend to emphasise crises and scarcity, portraying these regions as peripheral and fragile. But this narrative obscures a more complex and hopeful reality. Across these landscapes, millions of pastoralists…

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Africa: The Power of Community Support in Times of Conflict

eriinfo.com6 months ago07 mins

During times of conflict, access to healthcare is sometimes one of the first basic needs to go unmet. The consequences of humanitarian crises include severe disruptions to healthcare, such as acute shortages in the healthcare workforce and inadequate health infrastructure. The displacement caused by conflict can be further exacerbated by the fallout of the climate…

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Africa: Despite Ongoing Discrimination, Women Entrepreneurs Are Reshaping the Global South, With Crucial Support From the UN

eriinfo.com6 months ago08 mins

Exceptional women business leaders such as African engineer-turned-entrepreneur Norah Magero are demonstrating how lived experience and ingenuity, backed by United Nations support, can turn promising ideas into successful companies, even in societies where their voices have long been sidelined. As a young mother in a remote part of eastern Kenya, Norah Magero struggled to get…

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Africans Strongly Support Women’s Autonomy in Marriage and Reproductive Decisions, but Are Divided On Contraceptive Access

eriinfo.com6 months ago08 mins

Large majorities favour sex education and allowing pregnant girls to stay in school. Key findings On average across 38 countries, large majorities of Africans say women should be able to decide for themselves whether and when to marry (75%) as well as when to have children and how many children to have (62%). o Women…

WCG DEDAT Tech Talks Series to support SMMEs by demystifying technology in the Western Cape

eriinfo.com6 months ago03 mins

The Western Cape Government Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT) will host its upcoming Tech Talks Series on 25 and the 26 November at UVU Africa, aimed at helping small and medium enterprises better understand and adopt technology in a practical, accessible way. The two events brings together SMMEs, industry experts, and ecosystem partners…

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African Diplomats Reaffirm Africa’s Unwavering Commitment to Global Health and Support to the Global Fund’s Replenishment

eriinfo.com6 months ago08 mins

Addis Ababa — First Pledge From Africa Announced Representatives from African Union Member States met last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to engage on the Global Fund’s Eighth Replenishment, just days ahead of the pledging summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on the margins of the G20 Leaders’ Summit. The meeting – convened by the Global…

COP30: UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell calls for increased, accessible climate finance to support global climate action

eriinfo.com6 months ago06 mins

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell. PHOTO/ Kiara Worth/UN Climate Change. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] There is need for urgent increased and more accessible climate finance to drive global efforts to combat climate change, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, has said. Stiell who was speaking at COP30’s third High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on…

Road to COP30: AfDB piloting financial instruments to support African countries in tackling climate change

eriinfo.com7 months ago013 mins

COP30 officials group photo. PHOTO/UN. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] As the world prepares for the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is piloting several innovative financial instruments to help African countries address the escalating impacts of climate change. The main objectives for COP30, which will be held in…