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Africa Outlook Issue 68 / December '18

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Feature: Using technology to boost Africa’s banks

Feature: Using technology to boost Africa’s banks

The move towards paperless trade has been a longstanding objective for the trade finance sector. Results from our 10th Global Survey on Trade Finance reveal that banks are startin

Feature: How OCP Group is cutting sulphur dioxide emissions by 98 percent

Feature: How OCP Group is cutting sulphur dioxide emissions by 98 percent

Morocco, perhaps unbeknownst to some, is a massive producer and exporter of phosphate.Home to around two thirds of the world’s phosphate reserves, the North African country sits in a higher

Expert Eye: Connecting a continent and the role of mobile in Africa

Expert Eye: Connecting a continent and the role of mobile in Africa

The telecoms markets across Africa’s 54 countries offer a huge range of opportunities, both to traditional players like mobile operators, new digital service providers and businesses launching IoT

Expert Eye: Will Africa take collateral damage from the brewing China-US trade war?

Expert Eye: Will Africa take collateral damage from the brewing China-US trade war?

The sense that the US is ‘losing’ under existing international trade arrangements is one of a number of ideological positions held by the US president, Donald Trump. His administration has decided

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Lisbon to play host to 21st Africa Energy Forum

Lisbon to play host to 21st Africa Energy Forum

Nearly 3,000 stakeholders and investors are expected to attend the 21st Africa Energy Forum in Portugal this June. The Forum returns to Europe for its 21st year following its 20th anniversary on th

Event preview: Finnovation Ethiopia 2019

Event preview: Finnovation Ethiopia 2019

The unique environment for financial services in Africa is fertile ground for innovative fintech players who are not only disrupting but also building it from the scratch, which is bringing fi

ENGIE on Africa’s energy deficit

ENGIE on Africa’s energy deficit

Despite being home to 15 percent of the world’s population, Africa only accounts for one 20th of global energy use. In this sense, energy consumption per capita across the continent is t

Angola Cables: Inside the 6,500-kilometre South Atlantic Cable System

Angola Cables: Inside the 6,500-kilometre South Atlantic Cable System

Africa’s telecoms market may be in its infancy when compared to other regions in the world, but it is catching up fast. The continent’s internet bandwidth is expanding more rapidly than any

Q&A: Three Virgin Limited Edition General Managers discuss Africa's luxury travel market

Q&A: Three Virgin Limited Edition General Managers discuss Africa's luxury travel market

South Africa and Kenya represent two of Africa’s largest tourism markets. Last year South Africa accumulated $8.82 billion in international tourism receipts, the most of any African country, with K

Expert Eye: How can governments boost Africa’s economic growth?

Expert Eye: How can governments boost Africa’s economic growth?

The African economy is growing again after 2015’s commodity price plunge. Despite the still significant current account deficits in many economies, the outlook is positive on the whole. But

IoT can provide the seeds for Africa's growth

IoT can provide the seeds for Africa's growth

With Africa’s population set to increase from around 1.3 billion in 2018 to 1.7 billion by 2030, there can be little doubt that the challenges the continent already faces in respec

Event preview: EnergyWeek Morocco

Event preview: EnergyWeek Morocco

Investing in both gas and renewable energy is at the centre of the Kingdom of Morocco’s strategy. With billions earmarked for the region, it has never been more important for regional stakeholders

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