Despite their importance, access to capital is a key constraint to SMEs realising their full potential. SMEs are less likely to be able to obtain bank loans compared to large firms.

If the 2008 recession caused a boost in financial technology innovation, appetite for experimentation, and a wave of fintech start-ups, then this time round it is more about delivering real change.

A number of financial institutions in Tanzania were found to be performing well regarding gender equality at senior management levels, though gender gaps remain and more could be done to improve the position of women in the country.

Lydie Nyombayire Murorunkwere from Rwanda has over 15 years of successful business management experience providing strategic and operational leadership. She holds a Masters in Business Administration from Lyon, France and now is the Director of JurisTax Rwanda ltd, a company which specializes in Company Formation, Fund Administration and Investor Services, Provision of Professional Services and Financial Advice.

Lydie Nyombayire Murorunkwere du Rwanda a plus de 15 ans d'expérience réussie en gestion d'entreprise en fournissant un leadership stratégique et opérationnel. Elle est titulaire d'une maîtrise en administration des affaires de Lyon, en France, et est maintenant le PDG de JurisTax Rwanda ltd, une société spécialisée dans la création de sociétés, l'administration de fonds et les services aux investisseurs, la fourniture de services professionnels et de conseils financiers.

Over the last two decades, Mauritius has been extremely successful in achieving rapid growth and substantial diversification of its economy.

Many in the payments industry have been predicting so for years. That digital payments are inevitable for the future.

For years there have been numerous attempts to bring the continent together to create a continent-wide common market — a free trade area where all can benefit, but the attempts have yet to gain serious traction.

With younger age groups starting to actively participate in the acquisition of assets, expectations on financial institutions and their offerings are changing rapidly.

The current global trend towards more meaningful, purpose-led investment – otherwise known as Impact Investing – has shown there are real opportunities for a stable, growing investment portfolio that also reflects your beliefs.

Sunil Kaushal is the CEO Africa & Middle East at Standard Chartered PLC. Sunil has nearly 30 years of banking experience in diverse markets.

In Africa, the renewed focus to raise additional financing for development and narrow the resource gap by accelerating Domestic Resource Mobilisation (DRM), has been at the center of the development strategy in recent years.

Like most large enterprises today, banks and other financial services companies are striving to become technology businesses.

Ghana’s financial sector is in crisis. A crisis occasioned by the collapse of over 300 financial institutions; and which has affected every division of the financial sector.

As the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis continues to spread, the amount of money migrant workers send home is projected to decline 14 percent by 2021 compared to the pre COVID-19 levels in 2019.