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7 August 2018
www.prensa-latina.cu
Addis Abeba, 7 ago (PL) La Comisión Económica de las Naciones Unidas para África (CEPA) firmó un acuerdo con el gigante digital chino Ant Financial para promover la inclusión financiera en el continente, informaron hoy fuentes oficiales.
7 August 2018
africabusinesscommunities.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to promote digital financial inclusion in Africa, through investment and technical capacity building.
7 August 2018
businesstrumpet.com
On Friday 3 August 2018, ECA Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, led Ant Financial’s CEO, Eric Jing, and IFC’s VP and Treasurer, Jingdong Hua, to a meeting with President Mulatu Teshome of Ethiopia use of disruptive technology to enhance financial inclusion in Africa
7 August 2018
encomium.ng
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to promote digital financial inclusion in Africa, through investment and technical capacity building.
7 August 2018
natimesnews.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to promote digital financial inclusion in Africa, through investment and technical capacity building.
7 August 2018
www.cnbcafrica.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to promote digital financial inclusion in Africa, through investment and technical capacity building.
7 August 2018
www.newvision.co.ug
NAIROBI - The Fifth Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Annual Research Forum is underway in Nairobi, Kenya.
7 August 2018
Sputnik News
6 August 2018
allafrica.com
Addis Ababa — The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to promote digital financial inclusion in Africa, through investment and technical capacity building.
6 August 2018
southerntimesafrica.com
Windhoek - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries are failing to trade among themselves due to an ineffective manufacturing industry.
6 August 2018
newbusinessethiopia.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to promote digital financial inclusion in Africa, through investment and technical capacity building.
6 August 2018
www.von.gov.ng
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to promote digital financial inclusion in Africa, through investment and technical capacity building.
6 August 2018
vaaju.com
UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) collaborates with International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to promote digital economic integration in Africa through investment and technical capacity building.
6 August 2018
alternativeafrica.com
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to promote digital financial inclusion in Africa, through investment and technical capacity building.
6 August 2018
www.tralac.org
The East African Community should channel its resources to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as an alternative to pacts with Europe, Asia and the US.
5 August 2018
www.theeastafrican.co.ke
The East African Community should channel its resources to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) as an alternative to pacts with Europe, Asia and the US.
5 August 2018
www.elmoudjahid.com
La deuxième phase du processus de création de la zone africaine de libre-échange vient d’être entamée avec le lancement d’une série de consultations censées aboutir à la mise en place des mécanismes devant contribuer à la concrétisation de cet espace commercial interafricain. Nairobi, la capitale du Kenya accueille actuellement une réunion consultative en préparation de cette seconde étape du...
5 August 2018
www.capitalethiopia.com
4 August 2018
www.waltainfo.com
President Mulatu Teshome held discussion today with International Financial Corporation (IFC) Vice President Jingdong Hua and Alibaba affiliated Ant Financial Services Group CEO Eric Jing about modernizing the financial system in Ethiopia.
4 August 2018
https://nairametrics.com
The 53rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has ended in Lome, Togo, with no clear cut date for the commencement of the region’s proposed Single Currency, Eco, with the deadline year of 2020 fast approaching.
3 August 2018
www.newtimes.co.rw
Kagame said that Africans have to take responsibility for the misallocation of Africa’s resources and take steps to correct that.
3 August 2018
www.bignewsnetwork.com
Ratifications are moving ahead, if slowly, on the newly signed African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)the world's largest free trade agreement (with the most member countries) since the founding of the World Trade Organization.
3 August 2018
www.commodafrica.com
Avant de partir en vacances, le Conseil des ministres de Côte d'Ivoire, mercredi, a été particulièrement riche en décisions tendant à moderniser l'économie, à faciliter le commerce et l'investissement, avec un accent particulier sur l'agriculture.
3 August 2018
www.un.org
The shelves of Choithrams Supermarket in Freetown, Sierra Leone, boast a plethora of imported products, including toothpicks from China, toilet paper and milk from Holland, sugar from France, chocolates from Switzerland and matchboxes from Sweden.
Yet many of these products are produced much closer—in Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and other African countries with an industrial base.