African Contemplating COVID-19's Impact on Africa's Economic Outlook with Landry Signé and Iginio Gagliardone Landry Signé and Iginio Gagliardone explain why they are optimistic about Africa's socio-economic prospects despite the havoc being wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
African Tech Roundup Three Arab Women Innovators Factor in on the Economic Benefits of Backing Female Entrepreneurship Libyan Hala Bugaighis and Palestinian nationals Jumana Salous and Lamia Tarabiah unpack why they believe that supporting women entrepreneurs in their parts of the world is not only the politically correct thing to do but also economically sensible.
Africa Ozow's Mitchan Adams On COVID-19: Well-positioned South African digital payments players are coining it right now South African Mitchan Adams, Ozow Co-founder & Head of R&D, explains why the COVID-19 pandemic is yielding some rather lucrative business opportunities for some fintech startups operating on his home turf.
African Tech Roundup Creative Entrepreneurial Moves & Relevant Investment Support With Regis Umugiraneza & Roy Budjhawan Rwandan agro-processing entrepreneur Regis Umugiraneza sheds light on the resilience and business savvy required to launch a company while young in one of East Africa’s most promising economies.
African Tech Roundup Vietnamese-style Africa-focused Fintech Innovation With Quan Le of Binkabi Binkabi CEO Quan Le unpacks how blockchain tech and Vietnamese smarts could usher in a profitable era of increased international trade participation for African farmers.
African Tech Roundup Accion's Michael Schlein on Financial Inclusion, Fintech & Impact Investment Sceptics Accion CEO Michael Schlein explains why he's bullish on fintech startups and shares how his organisation is leveraging investments in tech-led microfinance innovation to reach the more than two billion people who are currently invisible to and/or poorly served by the global financial system.