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Access to energy is development key
By Chris Knight, The European Investment Bank
In Africa energy access is key to development. Now Africans can replace their dirty diesel generators with solar...
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AFRICA’S Napoleon
One of the many aims of this writing is to contribute to the difficult task of finding and gathering the missing pieces that completes...
Association of Angolan Petroleum Service Companies (AECIPA) Partners with Energy Capital...
The partnership both consolidates the event’s position as Angola’s premier energy forum as well as AECIPA’s efforts to expand local content, youth empowerment in...
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Fintech as the driver for growth in Africa’s banking sector
By Ogechi Onuoha (Associate), Taiwo Peregrino (Associate), and Ufuoma Isiavwe (Associate), Olajide Oyewole LLP, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Nigeria
According to the 2017 Global Findex Database,1 about 1.7 billion adults...
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Under African skies – The liberalisation of civil aviation in Africa
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With a population of over 1 billion people and a landmass larger than the combined areas of the USA, India and China, Africa presents...
Economic nationalism in Africa’s giants holds back free trade
Peter Leon, Herbert Smith Freehills, Johannesburg office, partner and global co-chair Africa Group.
SA, Nigeria and Egypt have not signed up to crucial aspects of...
Access to energy is development key
By Chris Knight, The European Investment Bank
In Africa energy access is key to development. Now Africans can replace their dirty diesel generators with solar...
AFRICA’S Napoleon
One of the many aims of this writing is to contribute to the difficult task of finding and gathering the missing pieces that completes...
Mauritius: Africa’s fintech hub
By Arvin Halkhoree, senior associate-barrister, Juristconsult Chambers, DLA Piper Africa member firm in Mauritius
Mauritius, the tropical island of 2,040 square kilometres with a population of...
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Zimbabwe President Calls for Lifting of Sanctions at UN
Zimbabwe's president Emmerson Mnangagwa used the platform of the United Nations to deliver a clarion call for the removal of historical sanctions against his...