Africa: IFC, Industrial Policy and the Private Sector: Development Through the Lens of the Thiam Threshold

Africa: IFC, Industrial Policy and the Private Sector: Development Through the Lens of the Thiam Threshold

From Project Bankability to Building Productive and Financeable Economies As the World Bank Group places job creation, private sector mobilization and productive transformation back at the center of its agenda, evaluations by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) of the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) engagement in fragile economies invite us to ask a fundamental question: Is…

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Mobile money industry surpasses tn threshold

Mobile money industry surpasses $2tn threshold

Mobile money accounted for $2 trillion in transactions in 2025. (Image source: 123RF) In 2025, more than $2 trillion flowed through mobile money wallets, a figure that has doubled from the first trillion in just four years. The heightened transaction flows are spurred by the continued growth of active accounts, which now sit at 2.3…

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