Micro- and small- and medium-sized businesses (micro-businesses and SMEs) are a vital part of Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic fabric but frequently suffer from poor access to funding and this represents one […]Continue Reading
African SMEs have the potential to provide jobs for their working-age youth. Yet there are key impediments – access, risk, regulation and acumen – to them receiving financing. Addressing the […]Continue Reading
As we have repeated on a number of occasions in this issue – and the different articles have borne this out – access to funding is one of the key […]Continue Reading
SMEs in Africa remain heavily reliant on internal resources and traditional bank debt. A lack of appropriate forms of finance – especially of the equity type – limits market entry, […]Continue Reading
There is now universal agreement on the crucial role of SMEs – which comprise the bulk of businesses in developing countries – particularly in creating jobs. Nevertheless, there are many […]Continue Reading
Founded in 1998, the Activa group is a major player in the African insurance market. According to its founder and CEO, Richard Lowe, the African continent’s insurance industry has immense […]Continue Reading
Major names in the insurance sector have been increasingly focusing on Africa, which currently accounts for only 1.5% of the global insurance market. This issue explores the opportunities and constraints […]Continue Reading
Insurance based on yield or weather indexes is a way of protecting small farmers in developing countries against natural risks. This innovation has the potential to improve their living conditions […]Continue Reading
This article summarises part of the work of professors Aymeric Kamega and Frédéric Planchet: “Presentation of the life insurance sector in Frenchspeaking Sub-Saharan Africa” at Université de Bretagne occidentale / Continue Reading
