Pan-African multilateral trade finance institution, the African Export-Import Bank, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) for the creation of a multi-billion-dollar energy bank. Aimed at scaling up private sector investment in...

Sasai Fintech, a business of Cassava Technologies, Africa’s first integrated technology company of continental scale, has been awarded the compliance approval for merchant payments and bulk disbursements on GSMA digital wallet’s Mobile Money API (Application Programming Interface).According to Darlington...

The University of Southern California (USC) Africa Hub brings professors and students together with experts and organizations in Africa to tackle some of the region’s most pressing health issues, addressing inequalities through innovative use of human rights-based approaches. “We...

On May 11, 2022, the president of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, made a compelling case for the United States to back the institution’s $1.5 billion emergency food production plan. The plan seeks to avert a...

VC4A’s research shows that 22% of African ventures (at all stages of development) have a female founder or co-founder. Putting this in perspective, this is pretty similar to the average in New York City at 21% or San Francisco...