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The Informal Economy and the Challenge of Financial Inclusion

ACCRA — Walk through any market district in Accra, Lagos, Nairobi or Dakar and the scale of Africa's informal economy becomes immediately evident: thousands...
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The Growth of Islamic Finance in African Markets

CASABLANCA — Islamic finance — a system of financial products and transactions structured to comply with Shariah law, principally by prohibiting interest payments and...
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Africa’s Pension Fund Reform: What Workers Need to Know

JOHANNESBURG — Pension reform has moved to the top of the policy agenda across much of Africa, driven by a combination of demographic pressure,...
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Africa’s Sovereign Debt Crisis: A Country-by-Country Breakdown

WASHINGTON — The sovereign debt pressures facing African governments have become one of the defining economic policy challenges of the mid-2020s, a crisis shaped...
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How Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Being Piloted Across the Continent

ABUJA — Africa has emerged as one of the most active regions globally for central bank digital currency experimentation, with the continent's monetary authorities...
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How Stock Exchanges in Lagos, Nairobi and Johannesburg Compare

JOHANNESBURG — Africa's stock exchanges occupy a paradoxical position in the continent's economic story. They are home to some of the most dynamic corporate...
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The Rise of Buy-Now-Pay-Later Services in African E-Commerce

JOHANNESBURG — Buy-now-pay-later services have moved from a niche checkout option to a mainstream feature of online and increasingly in-store retail across several of...
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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 consequential to African economies as the money sent home by...
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