(Posted 16th January 2025)
CCA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Successfully Priced its Inaugural Hybrid Bond
The Energy Republic
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has successfully priced a US$500 million perpetual hybrid bond. This landmark transaction, which is AFC’s debut hybrid bond issue, demonstrates AFC’s leadership in accessing global capital markets and financing transformative infrastructure projects across the continent...Read More>>
Amazon Web Services Embraces Naira to Simplify Nigerian Transactions
Techpoint Africa
For years, accessing cloud services from AWS required Nigerian companies to navigate the challenges of currency conversion. These included unpredictable exchange rates and additional banking charges that often inflated costs. By enabling payments in Naira, AWS has lowered these barriers, allowing businesses to focus on innovation and growth instead of financial logistics...Read More>>
U.S.-AFRICA RELATIONS
A Conversation with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield: Reflecting on U.S.-Africa Relations
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield has worked to ensure that Africa remains high on the international agenda despite many other competing priorities. We will discuss the global response to the war in Sudan, the changing geopolitics in Africa, the future of international peacekeeping efforts on the continent, and efforts to expand the UN Security Council to include permanent seats for African nations...Read More>>
Foresight Africa 2025-2030
Brookings
2025 will be a critical juncture for Africa’s trajectory. New political leadership in both the African Union and the United States coincides with the urgent need to meet the looming 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, to accelerate implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area, and to modernize and renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act—a cornerstone of the U.S. Africa trade relationship—currently set to expire in September 2025…Read More>>
ENERGY
Africa Critical Energy Minerals Could be Africa’s Catalyst for Sustainable Development
World Economic Forum
Africa’s economic landscape has been significantly shaped by mining, and the sector continues to represent an important employer and component of African nations’ GDP and trade balances.While challenges persist, the continent’s vast critical energy mineral reserves offer transformative opportunities, particularly in the context of the global energy transition...Read More>>
African Medical Centre of Excellence: The First Healthcare Facility of its Kind on the African Continent
WSP
The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) is a pioneering medical diagnostic, treatment and research centre designed to provide advanced care to over 250,000 patients across Africa, within its first five years of operation. It also plans to draw skilled healthcare workers to the continent, improve access to healthcare and provide a blueprint for world-class healthcare facilities in Nigeria and beyond…Read More>>
INFRASTRUCTURE
Infrastructure Fund Mansa Eyes Africa Investment Opportunities
Bloomberg
Mansa Infrastructure Partners, an Africa-based infrastructure development and investment company, is seeking to raise $300 million in 2025 for infrastructure investments across the continent...Read More>>
Ethiopia to Expand its Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Infrastructure
ESI Africa
The Ethiopian government has announced plans to expand the country’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure… Read More>>
AGRIBUSINESS
South Africa’s Agriculture May Recover in 2025
ZAWYA
Better dam levels and a stable electricity supply for irrigation will continue to benefit the horticulture subsector—fruit, vegetables, and floriculture—and set South Africa’s agriculture in an ideal position for recovery in 2025… Read More>>
Africa Food Systems Parliamentary Network Urges Governments to Increase Investment in Agriculture
My JoyOnline
Chairman of the Africa Food Systems Parliamentary Network (AFSPaN) Dr Godfred Seidu Jasaw has called for increased financing for agriculture as governments prepare to roll out a new strategy for the development of Africa’s food systems… Read More>>
ICT
Department of State Hosts U.S.-Nigeria Technology Dialogue and Signing of $2 Million Broadband Study Grant
U.S Department of State
Deputy Secretary Kurt Campbell led the inaugural U.S.-Nigeria Technology Dialogue in Washington, D.C. on January 10, hosting a senior delegation from the Nigerian government led by the Honorable Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy Bosun Tijani. This event built on the momentum of Deputy Secretary Campbell’s visit to Abuja for the sixth U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission (BNC) co-hosted with Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar on April 29-30, 2024… Read More>>
2025 Africa ICT Regulatory Outlook
Connecting Africa
As the new year gets underway, technology and its related business environment will be characterized by numerous policy and regulatory discussions around the need to address ongoing and emerging issues, either through revisions to existing frameworks or the formulation of new measures and approaches to market regulation… Read More>>
FINANCE
South Africa: Resolution and Winding-up of banks in South Africa
Bowmans
South Africa has recently seen significant changes in the laws governing the winding-up and curatorship of banks registered in the country. These are important changes aimed at promoting financial stability, managing the failure of banks, and protecting depositors… Read More>>
Unlock Africa’s Energy Investment Potential at the Africa Energy Indaba 2025
CNBC Africa
Cape Town, South Africa, will be the center of Africa’s energy discussions as the Africa Energy Indaba 2025 kicks off from March 4-6 next year. This flagship event is set to connect investors with an array of promising new and ongoing energy projects across Africa’s rapidly expanding energy landscape, making it an essential opportunity for those looking to make impactful investments in the continent’s energy sector… Read More>>
Revisiting Africa’s Mobile Money Boom
Forbes
The buzz around financial modernization in Africa is louder than ever. Ethiopia is preparing to re-open its stock exchange after decades of political and economic turmoil, and the world’s largest digital bank, Nubank, has invested $ 150 million in South African fintech Tyme to support its international expansion… Read More>>
