Rural Finance
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Ghana’s Sikasem Africa Banks on Financial Inclusion for MSMEs in Rural Africa
Mar 17, 2018GHANA – While working in the banking industry, Charles Mensah who worked as a customer support personnel and Kojo Nkrumah Quainoo, a retail banking professional, witnessed the problem of financial illiteracy in Ghana’s informal sector from... -
Will A New Financing Model Enable Small-Scale Farmers Save Nigeria From Food Crisis?
Jan 26, 2018By Gbenga Ogundare In 2017, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) warned Nigeria against impending famine and malnutrition. The IFPRI Director-General, Shenggen Fan, said Africa’s most populous country has been sliding down the scale of... -
Economic Transformation of Africa’s Rural Areas Key to Curtailing Migration
Dec 19, 2017African Development Bank Group – On the occasion of International Migrants Day, December 18, the African Development Bank calls on African countries to reconstruct rural areas from zones of economic misery to zones of economic prosperity. This... -
Revenue Mobilization In Africa Continues To Improve, Says New Report
Oct 12, 2017By Ray Mwareya The mobilization of domestic resources is improving steadily in African countries, according to new data from Revenue Statistics in Africa 2017 released today in Addis Ababa at a meeting of tax and finance officials from 21... -
Interview: Understanding Financial Inclusion in Rural Africa
Aug 11, 2017In 2015, MasterCard Foundation, an independent, global organisation launched the Fund for Rural Prosperity – a $50 million, seven-year commitment to find, support, help to scale up, and learn from innovative ideas that expand financial... -
Zimbabwe: Street Vendors Turn To Comedy To Lure Cashless Customers
Jul 24, 2017By Ray Mwareya Zimbabwe´s cities have some of the highest numbers of street vendors in Africa´s urban areas. A blistering competition to attract dwindling customers means vendors are adopting bizarre tactics to sell toothpaste, bathing... -
Opinion: Four Lessons From My First Attempt At Escaping Poverty
Jun 26, 2017Growing up poor in Nigeria means living helplessly in a deep depth of despair. Or rise to the challenge of eliminating poverty by going after any legal job that pops up on your radar. As a...