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Addressing Africa’s Infrastructure Challenges According to Deloitte, inadequate infrastructure remains a major obstacle towards Africa achieving its full economic growth potential. With Africa seen as one of the world’s fastest…
23 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
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According to McKinsey, most of Africa lags the rest of the world in coverage of key infrastructure classes, including energy, road and rail transportation, and water infrastructure. This does not…
22 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
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According to OECD, blended finance is the strategic use of development finance for the mobilisation of additional finance towards sustainable development in developing countries. To help bridge Africa’s infrastructure shortfall,…
21 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
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According to the World Bank, Africa has experienced economic growth of more than 5 percent per annum during the past decade, but to sustain this growth, investment in infrastructure is…
20 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
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According to the African Development Bank, infrastructure development is a key driver for progress across the African continent and a critical enabler for productivity and sustainable economic growth. It contributes…
20 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
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According to the World Bank, development happens through structural transformation, which shifts the balance of economic activity away from agriculture and towards manufacturing and service sectors, in the process creating…
20 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
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Introduction The rate of startup companies is rapidly increasing each year, especially in West African countries which are characterized with high level of unemployment. Unemployed people are beginning to look…
22 Aug 2019 · 3 min read
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) can play an important role in an economy’s development efforts, including supplementing domestic savings, employment generation and growth, integration into the global economy, transfer of modern…
21 Aug 2019 · 3 min read
