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Financial Settlement, T+1 Is Not A Race: Why Africa Must Prioritise Readiness Over Speed

By Sam Dahya, Head of Investor Services, Custody and Investment Administration, Standard Bank CIB The global move from a fluid trade settlement timeline (Time trade execution to settlement T+3) to a tighter timeline (T+1), is reshaping how markets think about post-trade risk, capital efficiency and competitiveness. A growing share of global activity is now operating […]

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African woman speaking at a conference about local fund domiciliation.

Financing Africa From Within: Why Ghana’s Fund Domiciliation Moment Matters

By Maame Tutua Dadson, Managing Partner at Stafford Law; and Amma A. Gyampo, Chief Executive Officer at Ghana Venture Capital & Private Equity Association With over US$700 billion in domestic pension, insurance, and long-term savings, Africa has no shortage of capital. The real question is why so much of it sits in low-yield government instruments […]

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Why Financial Crime Risk Demands Regulation And How Africa Is Leading The Way

By Japhet Gana: Group Head, Transaction Risk & Financial Crimes, Yellow Card In the past decade, our financial systems have become more digitally interconnected than ever before. Convenience and speed now come with a price: financial crime. From sophisticated money-laundering networks to cyber-enabled fraud rings, criminal actors are exploiting gaps in regulation and oversight. As […]

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Africa PPP 2025: Unlocking Africa’s $4 Trillion Capital For Infrastructure Investment. High-Level Speakers Set To Unpack The Opportunities

Africa has nearly $4 trillion in domestic institutional capital that it can tap for infrastructure investment according to a recent report by leading continental lender, AFC. Held by pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and banks, this capital pool could help bridge the $100 billion plus annual infrastructure investment gap being exacerbated by debt distressed public budgets, rising protectionism as […]

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