Wider inclusion of persons with albinism can go a long way towards ensuring they live free from fear and discrimination, a UN human rights expert has said. Persons with the condition – which is caused by a lack of melanin pigmentation, affecting skin, hair and eye colour – continue to face an uphill battle to attain a life with…
Summary The President of AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina said the banks will access the critical financial resources to income generation projects run by the youth. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is seeking to establish youth entrepreneurship investment banks across the continent. The proposed financial institutions will finance young people’s innovations in creating wealth. This was announced on the sidelines…
The 2023 edition of the prestigious African Banker Awards ceremony is set to spotlight SMEs, women and gender. A new category has been introduced to recognise efforts towards bolstering financial inclusion of women across the continent. African Banker magazine has announced today the shortlist of nominees for this year’s edition of its African Banker Awards. Since their inception in…
Mobile money services are connecting millions of unbanked and underbanked populations in the region to digital financial services The railways were to Europe what the smartphone is now to the Middle East and Africa (MEA). In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Europe experienced an economic and social revolution enabled by the ability of manufactured goods and people to travel…