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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretariat, Thursday in Accra, Ghana, hosted a commercial launch of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), a cross-border financial market infrastructure enabling payment transactions across African markets.     By Stephen Enoch PAPSS seeks to streamline…

Pape Samb, executive director of Ashoka Africa, speaks about the forthcoming 3rd Impact! Africa Social Entrepreneurship Summit, one of the largest gatherings of social innovators, changemakers and impact leaders in Africa, holding March in Lagos, Nigeria     By Adam Alqali   Newspage: Can you help us unpack Ashoka’s Impact…

A year after the official start of trading under the much-touted African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), commentators are saying it is already catching the African malaise — it is losing steam, African Business reported a few days ago.     Despite the “fantastic surprise speed” of progress in 2020,…

Dr Amany Asfour is the interim chairperson of the African Business Council (AfBC), the apex, independent private sector body of the African Union focused on the promotion of pan-African business interests     By Adam Alqali   Newspage: How did the African Business Council (AfBC) came about? Asfour: The African…

Until the 1990s, African countries did not attach importance to corporate governance policies and practices. In 1994, South Africa became the first African country to adopt a code of corporate governance and it was not until 2003 that the continent’s biggest economy (Nigeria) followed suit.   Corporate Governance is defined…

Sasakawa Africa Association-Nigeria recently joined its counterparts in Ethiopia, Uganda and Mali to celebrate the nonprofit’s 35th anniversary of working to empower African smallholder farmers, in Abuja, the Nigerian capital.     By Adam Alqali It was in direct response to the famine ravaging parts of Africa in the 1980s…

Dr Yemisi Akinbobola, CNN African Journalist Award winner cum one of Avance Media’s 100 Most Influential African Women 2021, is co-founder of the African Women in the Media (AWiM), focused on creating enabling environment for women in the media and changing their representation in the industry.     Like other…

The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Oba Enitan Adeyeye, one of the most influential traditional rulers in Africa, will confer a traditional title on Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Dr Nteranya Sanginga, come December 11, 2021.     The Ooni of Ife, who sits…

As part of activities at the ongoing 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2021) happening in Durban, South Africa, the African Union Commission Tuesday hosted a high-level panel on entrepreneurship and innovation aimed at creating a supportive environment for youth-led African startups to thrive. The IATF is organised by the African…

Dr. Mel Oluoch is the regional director of Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA),` now focused on supporting African smallholder farmers through promoting market-oriented, regenerative and nutrition-sensitive agriculture     By Adam Alqali   Newspage: SAA‘s new strategic plan is focused on promoting market-oriented, regenerative and nutrition-sensitive agriculture. Can you please explain what…