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

eriinfo.com5 days 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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Africa: Research, Industry Partnership Key to Driving Africa’s Digital Transformation – – Tawa Bolarin

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MS Tawa Bolarin, Director of Enterprise and Wholesale at Telecel Ghana, has called for a continuous exchange partnership between telecom operators and research institutions in developing solutions to close the continent’s digital inclusion gap. Speaking on a panel at the Future of Digital Countries (FDC) Africa Regional Summit in Accra on the topic, Bridging Research…

SA’s Special Economic Zones pivot to digital transformation

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago07 mins

Dr Chris Ettmayr, renewable energy and ICT sector manager at the East London Industrial Development Zone; Magama Makgamatho, chief knowledge and digital officer at Coega Development Corporation; and Baphelele Mhlaba, acting executive manager for economic development and sector support at the Eastern Cape Development Corporation. SA’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs), historically viewed as industrial and…

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Africa: ‘Inclusive Digital Transformation Will Pave Path for Prosperity, Bridge Divides’

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago012 mins

Clermont-Ferrand, France — Weeks after an international conference on inclusive and people-centric digital transformation organized by the Global Development Network (GDN) here, a new narrative is unfolding about the need for digital innovations to serve people first and narrow inequalities rather than widening them. Earlier this week, amidst a landmark G20 Summit on African soil,…

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Africa: SA Professor Urges TU Graduates to Lead Africa’s Transformation

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago07 mins

The 12th graduation convocation of William V. S. Tubman University (TU) was elevated by a stirring call for Pan-African unity and transformative leadership from Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg (UJ). Delivering the keynote address on the university’s Harper campus, the South African educator urged graduates to use their education as…

Diopoint: Empowering business transformation through customer-centric IT solutions

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago06 mins

Diopoint delivers integrated ICT solutions that simplify complexity. In today’s fast-evolving digital landscape, businesses need more than just technology – they need a trusted partner who understands their goals. Diopoint, a 100% Black women-owned ICT service provider with a 14-year track record, continues to help organisations across South Africa modernise, secure and scale their IT environments…

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FEDA Feda Announces Landmark Investment in A2MP to Drive Africa’s Mining and Industrial Transformation

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago09 mins

Kigali, Rwanda 12 November 2025: The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development equity impact investment arm of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), is pleased to announce a US$300 million strategic investment in the Africa Minerals and Metals Processing Platform (A2MP). This investment underscores Afreximbank’s commitment to supporting Africa’s mining sector and ensuring the…

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East Africa: Forging East Africa’s Digital Transformation for Industries, Through Business Ecosystem

eriinfo.com1 month ago05 mins

IN East Africa, we’re experiencing an exciting period of business growth driven, in part, by digital transformation and its myriad of benefits such as mobile-driven financial inclusion, smarter agriculture and industrial manufacturing, critical infrastructure, data centres, to name but a few. Similarly, digital transformation is creating opportunities for our channel partners who include system integrators…

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Africa: CBI News to Uplift Africa’s Digital Media Transformation

eriinfo.com1 month ago06 mins

A digital news platform, CBI News has stated it is poised to uplift Africa’s digital media transformation. The platform launched in Lagos was designed with the mission to restore truth, credibility, and innovation to African journalism. The platform — the brainchild of Emperor Chris Baywood Ibe, Founder and Group Chief Executive of the Baywood Group…

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FEDA Announces Landmark Investment in A2MP to Drive Africa’s Mining and Industrial Transformation

eriinfo.com1 month ago09 mins

The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development equity impact investment arm of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), is pleased to announce a US$300 million strategic investment in the Africa Minerals and Metals Processing Platform (A2MP). This investment underscores Afreximbank’s commitment to supporting Africa’s mining sector and ensuring the continent’s vast mineral wealth becomes…