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How Trade Within the African Continental Free Trade Area Is Evolving
ACCRA — The African Continental Free Trade Area entered into force in 2019 and began trading under its tariff reduction schedule in 2021, representing the most ambitious attempt to integrate African markets since the…
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Understanding Africa’s Reinsurance Sector and Its Global Ties
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How Index-Based Insurance Is Protecting Smallholder Farmers
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Why Gold and Commodity Exports Still Anchor African Economies
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How Index-Based Insurance Is Protecting Smallholder Farmers
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The Growing Market for Cyber Insurance Among African Businesses
JOHANNESBURG — Africa’s rapid adoption of digital business infrastructure — cloud services, e-commerce platforms, mobile payment…
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Why Life Insurance Uptake Lags in Sub-Saharan Africa
LAGOS — Life insurance is the insurance product most widely associated with financial maturity and middle-class…
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Health Insurance Reform: Lessons From Rwanda and Ghana
KIGALI — The expansion of health insurance coverage to populations previously reliant on out-of-pocket payment for…
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Understanding Africa’s Reinsurance Sector and Its Global Ties
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Inside Africa’s Growing Appetite for Digital-Only Banks
LAGOS — A new generation of banks operating without a single physical branch has…
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Why Cross-Border Remittance Fees Remain Africa’s Costliest Tax
DAKAR — Africa remains the most expensive region in the world to send money…
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The Role of Diaspora Remittances in National GDP Growth
ADDIS ABABA — Few financial flows have proven as consistent, as counter-cyclical and as…
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Understanding Africa’s Reinsurance Sector and Its Global Ties
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How Index-Based Insurance Is Protecting Smallholder Farmers
ADDIS ABABA — The problem of insuring Africa’s smallholder farmers against weather risk has challenged insurance designers, development economists and agricultural policymakers for decades.…
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Why Gold and Commodity Exports Still Anchor African Economies
JOHANNESBURG — Decades of development policy debate have wrestled with Africa’s commodity dependence — the degree to which many African economies remain structured around…
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The Growing Market for Cyber Insurance Among African Businesses
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