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Africa: 76% of Africa's Energy Could Come From Renewable Sources By 2040-Here's How

March 18, 2024--Over half of Africa's people -about 600 million- lack access to even the bare minimum of electricity. The tough question to answer is how access can be extended without adding to global warming by relying on fossil fuels.

We -a team from Rwanda and Germany who work in the field of renewable energy scientific modelling - set out to find the answer by building the Renewable Power Plant Database Africa, the first on the continent. I's a database of available open access data on hydro, wind and solar energy sources that we've analysed.

The database shows that some countries, such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe, have enough projects in the pipeline to potentially transition away from fossil fuels by 2050.

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Source: allafrica.com


Nigeria detains global executives in war on crypto

March 14, 2024--Nigeria has declared war on leading global cryptocurrency exchanges. On 26 February it detained two top international executives of Binance after they flew in for discussions with Nigerian authorities and is still holding them against their will. Binance has since switched off access to trading naira against cryptocurrencies on its platform.

On 12 March, the Financial Times newspaper, reported that that "one person briefed on the situation" said the two men are being held "simply as hostages" but are being well treated. The Nigerian Government is demanding information on the top 100 users in Nigeria and all transaction history for the past six months.

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Source: africancapitalmarketsnews.com


Paying Africa's Climate Bill

March 7, 2024-A global approach to climate change requires private sector financial firepower
The world's poorest countries, especially those in Africa, are struggling to pay for a climate crisis they cannot afford.

More public debt is not the answer: climate investment needs exceed the lending capacity of multilateral finance institutions, and many African countries are already in a funding squeeze. What's needed are novel solutions-chiefly stepped-up private sector investment for climate action in poor countries. And these efforts cannot be simply country-based. They must be geared to achieve global goals for net zero greenhouse gas emissions.

The stakes in Africa are heightened because the continent will contribute the most to human population growth in coming decades. This will increase the need for funds to mitigate climate-warming emissions. At the same time, a greater share of the region's agriculture will be exposed to climate-linked productivity losses.

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Source: imf.org


Africa's Share of Global Trade Remains Under 3 Percent Despite AfCFTA-Report

March 4, 2024--A report by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Africa's has stated that contribution to global trade remains at less than 3%.
The report on assessment of progress on regional integration in Africa shows Africa's regional integration agenda is progressing, but slowly.

It added that the programme for infrastructure development in Africa has seen mixed results in its efforts to enhance infrastructure.

While progress has been made in the areas of roads and ICT, advancements in rail transport and energy infrastructure have been minimal with financing posing a significant hurdle.

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Source: allafrica.com


Africa: Paving the Way for Digitizing Africa's Economy

February 23, 2024--Africa is the continent with more than 1.2 billion people, endowed with rich natural resources among others, vast arable land, livestock, mines, rivers, oceans and lakes with their marine life. However, though it is rich with such resources, the continent is unable to exploit the resources fully due to lack of technology, finance and well trained man power.

As the result, it has remained one of the pauperized in the world.

Africa has only three percent share on the world trade. It mainly exports mines, crude oil and livestock in their raw form to the foreign market and obtains small amount of hard currency which doesn't cover its imports' bill which again leaves it in negative trade balance.

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Source: allafrica.com


African Development Bank-High Cost of Living in Africa Could Cause Unrest

February 20, 2024--The African Development Bank is warning that the rising cost of energy, food and other commodities in several African countries, including Angola, Ethiopia and Kenya, could trigger social unrest. Already, people in Africa's most populous country, Nigeria, have been marching to protest the high cost of living, prompting the government to release grain from the national reserves.

The African Development Bank's notice was contained in its biannual Africa Macroeconomic Performance outlook publication released last week.

The bank said in its 2024 forecast that energy and food price increases-along with a currency depreciation in Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria-could spark internal conflict, despite Africa showing overall economic growth.

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Source: allafrica.com


Digital Transformation Drives Development in Africa 

January 18, 2024--CHALLENGE 
Accessible, Affordable, and Inclusive Broadband
The availability and use of digital technologies are strongly linked to economic growth, innovation, job creation, and inclusion, at both the national and regional levels. Sub-Saharan Africa, however, still faces significant challenges in digital development.

The region's digital infrastructure coverage, access, and quality still lag other regions. At the end of 2021, while 84 percent of people in SSA lived in areas where 3G service was available, and 63 percent had access to 4G mobile coverage, only 22 percent were using mobile internet services. The gap between coverage and usage is similarly large for broadband, with 61 percent of people in sub-Saharan Africa living within broadband range but not using it.

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Source: worldbank.org


Africa: A Quick Look At Africa 2024 Through GDP's

January 4, 2024--With the arrival of 2024, various financial institutions have disclosed their projections for the African continent in the new fiscal year. In line with the predictions of experts, there is a growth expectation of 4.2% in the general perspective for the African continent (IMF). Private consumption and investment are predicted to drive an acceleration in gross domestic product (GDP) for roughly 80 per cent of countries by 2024.

While the growth rate in the continental economy was 3.9 per cent throughout 2022, this number decreased to 3.6 per cent in 2023. Among the main factors of this performance decline are the interest rates increased by the central bank against global inflation and the profound impact of the war in Ukraine on global commercial activity and the resulting intercontinental trade vulnerabilities.

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Source: allafrica.com


Africa: Brics Expands With Five New Members

January 2, 2023--The Brics group of countries has expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The announcement on Monday coincided with Russia assuming the Brics chairmanship on 1 January.

Russian president Vladimir Putin said the inclusion of the five nations as full members of Brics-a group consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa-reflects the growing influence of the association, now comprising 10 countries.

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Source: allafrica.com


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December 23, 2024 Trust for Professional Managers files with the SEC-Performance Trust Short Term Bond ETF
December 23, 2024 EA Series Trust files with the SEC-Militia Long/Short Equity ETF
December 23, 2024 Tidal Trust II files with the SEC-Clockwise Core Equity & Innovation ETF
December 23, 2024 EA Series Trust files with the SEC-Matrix Advisors Value ETF
December 23, 2024 THOR Financial Technologies Trust files with the SEC-THOR Low Volatility ETF

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Europe ETF News


December 10, 2024 New bond ETF from UBS on Xetra: Access to the bond market for eurozone government bonds

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Asia ETF News


December 17, 2024 Kiwoom Asset Management launches KIWOOM KOSEF US Quantum Computing ETF, tracking Solactive U.S. Quantum Computing Index
December 10, 2024 China's surprise pledge sends commodities soaring
December 02, 2024 Fubon Fund Management Launches the First Ever Multi Asset ETF Including Commodities in Hong Kong, Tracking the Solactive Core Diversified Multi Asset Index

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Middle East ETF News


December 09, 2024 IMF-Kuwait: Selected Issues

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ESG and Of Interest News


December 16, 2024 The World's Oldest Bond Just Celebrated Its 400th Birthday And Still Pays an 13.64 Euro Annual Yield
December 01, 2024 State Of Compute: The New Power Paradox
November 15, 2024 New report showcases opportunities to unlock trade in renewable electricity

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