As of January 2024, the rate of bank account ownership in Ghana reached 39.2 percent of the population aged 15 years and older.
“A sudden rise in sovereign borrowing costs could exacerbate fiscal pressures in some countries. Despite still-benign global financial conditions, sovereign borrowing costs have remained higher than before the pandemic in some countries (Angola, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa). As COVID-19 recedes, ...
another of the WBG’s arms – the IFC – has ramped up its health lending by investing in private health businesses as well as using capital markets since the 2000s, especially for health infrastructure, through initiatives like its – now defunct – controversial Health in Africa program [41...
China is still embracing open trade, as the country has lifted millions of people out of poverty through engaging more and more in trade, said World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Thursday. April21,2017 World Bank funded firm to build modern logistics parks in East Africa ...
The summit builds on 2021’s Net-Zero theme, focussing on climate change in the context of energy access and energy transition, while acknowledging the link to ESG. Watch The 9th annual South Africa Tomorrow Conference, a showcase of African Institutions and listed companies, under the topical...
Greece 0.286 0.713 (6) 0.444 1.000 1 South Africa 0.406 0.358 (30) 0.214 0.513 8 Guatemala 0.176 0.361 (28) 0.300 0.420 2 South Sudan 0.205 0.006 (86) 0.005 0.008 2 Guinea 0.097 0.009 (82) 0.006 0.013 2 Spain 0.466 0.813 (4) 0.819 0.782 40 Guyana 0.275 0.176 (52) 0.069 0.293 3 ...
Our play on that corridor remains quite significant. We have dedicated “corridor bankers”, focusing on driving business whether from Mauritius to India, Kenya to China, Ghana to Malaysia. It is not incidental to our businesses but is integrated into our objective of driving...
FirstBank’s international footprints cut across three continents ─ Africa, Europe and Asia, with FirstBank UK Limited in London and Paris; FirstBank in The Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea and Sierra Leone; FBNBank in Senegal; and a Fir...
South Africa's peer, Nigeria is estimated to have suffered a 4.1% economic contraction in 2020 - with the pandemic impacting all its sectors, the World Bank noted. It is expected to achieve growth of 1.1% in 2021. The World Bank forecasts a "sluggish" rebound for the region of 2.7% gro...
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