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Malawi $1 Billion Energy Deal To Boost Economy
Malawi is open for business: The East African country is pursuing various investment and trade deals to help boost their economy and in line with this have signed a $1 billion deal with Egyptian multinational electrical company, Elsewedy Electric.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- electricity, energy access, funding, manufacturing, tourism, trade
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Press Release: CDC Group Announces $50 Million Trade Finance Facility With Ecobank As Part of Its COVID-19 Response
This marks CDC’s first partnership with EBISA with the commitment aimed at providing systemic liquidity to underserved markets and crucial trade finance support to local banks and businesses across Africa.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Southern Africa Taps $380 Million in World Bank Financing to Facilitate Regional Trade and Investment for More Inclusive Growth
The new Southern Africa Trade and Connectivity Project (SATCP) will benefit both countries and local communities through investments.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Plastics, the Circular Economy and Global Trade
Many governments are seeking ways to decrease single-use plastics and firms are working towards developing more closed-loop plastics to build sustainable value chains. There remains, however, a pressing need to ramp up the “3Rs” – reduce, reuse, and recycle.
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- Environment
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Viewpoint: Improving Cross-Border Payments Is Critical To Support Global Economic Growth, Trade And Financial Inclusion
Resolving longstanding frictions and challenges in cross-border payments has been a major objective of the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI).
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- Finance
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Is Rwanda in Line to Become One of Africa’s Major Tech Hubs?
Recent years have seen countries across the African continent investing deep into the tech industry. Rwanda is angling to get ahead of the pack.
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- Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The World’s Next Factory Won’t Be in South Asia
Faced with rising costs, Chinese manufacturers must decide whether to invest in labor-saving automation technologies or to relocate.
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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The Challenges of Going Local: A Medical Device Innovator Faces the Reality of Manufacturing in Rural Africa
Like many enterprises working in emerging markets, Noor Medical wanted to manufacture its product locally. As COO Andrew Bonneau explains, a local approach promised many advantages, from lower costs to a better understanding of its customers. But the company soon learned that manufacturing in developing countries like Uganda is often easier said than done. Bonneau discusses the obstacles the company has faced, and how they've overcome them.
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- Health Care, Technology
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