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Gallup’s 2014 Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) database, which measures the extent of account penetration, the use of mobile money payments and saving and borrowing… Read More »Mobile Money Bridges Unbanked Adults Gap
Aliko Dangote, CEO of West Africa’s largest conglomerate, discusses expansion plans for his company and why now is the time to invest in Africa. Dangote… Read More »Dangote Group on the Africa Opportunity
Powering Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is starved for electricity. The region’s power sector is significantly underdeveloped, whether we look at energy access, installed capacity, or overall… Read More »McKinsey Report: Development In Electrical Power Across Africa
Nigeria’s finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, explains why addressing the technology, agriculture, and infrastructure needs in parts of Africa, and in other emerging markets, is crucial… Read More »McKinsey Global Institute Interview: Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Simplifying assumption that revenues are 2% of volume. Source: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; McKinsey analysis. Sub-Saharan Africa offers tantalizing potential for mobile financial… Read More »A Major Potential Revenue Opportunity for Mobile Financial Services
Africa is the world’s second-fastest growing economic region, yet United States engagement with the continent is lagging. There’s an opportunity to change that. The White… Read More »Lions Go Global: Deepening Africa’s Ties to the United States
Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Harvard and M.I.T. graduate and a Nigerian economist. During her terms as the finance minister, Nigeria’s GDP has… Read More »WATCH: Backstage with… Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (part 1)
Nigeria is Africa’s new economic leader. As if in line at McDonalds, Nigeria supersized its meal and got the winning monopoly piece on its French… Read More »Can Nigeria Hang On To The Number One Economic Standing
If you know a woman who is experienced in traveling Africa, ask her what things she always travels with. She will definitely mention two things:… Read More »Fast-Moving Consumer Goods: Soaps And Detergents In Africa
The latest viral craze to hit African social media is the #BidoungChallenge. Sparked by Cameroon’s Minister of Sports and Physical Education Pierre Ismael Bidoung Mpkatt graciously… Read More »What’s Trending: #BidoungChallenge
