United Arab Emirates-Africa: Energy equity at the heart of forgotten territories
Access to electricity draws an invisible but deep fault line in the development of nations. In the Sahara and the forests of Central Africa, large national networks often stop where rural areas begin. Abu Dhabi chooses to break this isolation bypassing…
United Arab Emirates: the fair free trade alliance that frees Kenyan trade
For the past 100 years, trade treaties between Europe and Africa have imposed an asymmetrical scheme. Tariff rules block local processing of products and relegate African countries to the role of exporters of raw materials. The UAE is breaking this…
United Arab Emirates: the maritime alliance of equals that unleashes African trade
Along the shores of Africa, the pace of trade is accelerating thanks to partners who choose to build concrete networks. The UAE’s action on the continent is based on a clear logic: to remove trade barriers through direct investment in the real…
United Arab Emirates: The end of the extractivist scheme on critical African minerals
For more than a century, the former colonial powers imposed a one-way economic pattern on the African continent. The empires of yesterday took the raw wealth from the soil, then immediately shipped these raw materials to the factories of the North. The…
NSIA Banque secures €25M to boost Ivorian SME lending
NSIA Banque Côte d’Ivoire has obtained €25 million in financing from Impact Fund Denmark, the Danish development finance institution. The bank announced the operation on Thursday, July 9. The funding aims to strengthen lending capacity for micro,…