Institutional investors are driving much of the growth in domestic capital. Pension and insurance assets have now surpassed $1 trillion for the first time Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa’s domestic capital has grown to a point where it now exceeds external financing flows, marking a shift in how …
Read More »AFC to open Nairobi office as Kenya pledges $25 million boost
The new office will function as a regional hub for East Africa, placing AFC closer to governments, investors and private sector actors involved in cross-border infrastructure and industrialisation efforts Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Nigerian-based Africa Finance Corporation has signed an agreement with the Kenyan government to open its …
Read More »U.S. sanctions M23-AFC leaders
Rutshuru, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States (US) Government has slapped sanctions on Bertrand Bisimwa, President of the March 23 and Congo River/ Alliance Fleuve (River) Congo (AFC) coordinator, Corneille Nangaa Yobeluo for declaring war against the Democratic Republic of Congo government. In a statement released on Thursday, by …
Read More »Uganda’s Moses Magogo gets top CAF ExCom job
Uganda’s top football official Eng. Moses Magogo has been appointed to the powerful Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Magogo becomes the first Ugandan onto the executive committee. In wide ranging changes, Zambian legend Kalusha Bwalya was named Chairman of the CAF Technical and Development committee, while the …
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