Africa: Ecobank, Others Commit $3bn to Drive Vision of Africa-France Impact Coalition: [This Day] Building on a proven track record across 34 African markets, Ecobank Group has said it will partner with Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), including Proparco, to deploy this $3 billion commitment. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSYLpl #Africa #Ecobank #Investment #DevelopmentFinance #ImpactInvestment

Africa: Development Finance in Africa - Economist Explains How Private Savings Could Be Unlocked: [The Conversation Africa] Africa holds abundant private savings, but much of it remains informal. As a result, its contribution to development financing is limited. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRmWzD #Africa #DevelopmentFinance #PrivateSavings #EconomicGrowth #FinancialInclusion

Africa: Taxing Africa's Informal Economies - Technology's Promise and Pitfalls: [The Conversation Africa] Changes in the development finance world - especially the sharp drop in foreign aid and fewer cheap loans for low-income countries - have pushed taxation back into the spotlight. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQtg0h #Africa #Taxation #InformalEconomy #DevelopmentFinance #ForeignAid

Africa: Private Credit Rating Agencies Shape Africa's Access to Debt. Better Oversight Is Needed: [The Conversation Africa] Africa's development finance challenge has reached a critical point. Mounting debt pressure is squeezing fiscal space. And essential needs in infrastructure, health and education remain unmet. The continent's governments urgently need affordable access to… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQlFWs #Africa #DebtManagement #DevelopmentFinance #PrivateCreditAgencies #EconomicGrowth

Africa: Africa's Borrowing Costs Are Too High - the G20's Missed Opportunity to Reform Rating Agencies: [The Conversation Africa] One of the commitments the South African presidency of the G20 made in its policy priorities document at the beginning of 2025 was to push for fairer, more transparent sovereign credit ratings. And to address the high cost of capital caused by an illusive perception of high… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNMqqV #Africa #G20 #SovereignCreditRatings #DevelopmentFinance #Investment

Africa: UNGA Hosts First Ever Development Finance Summit to Boost SDGs: [UN News] The words inclusivity, resilience, reforms - and many more coloured in green and blue - provided a bold, digital backdrop from artist Marsha Dunn for the first ever Biennial Summit for a Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient Global Economy. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNH9LX #Africa #UNGA #SustainableDevelopment #SDGs #DevelopmentFinance

Africa: Remittances As Development Finance - Africa's Overlooked Billions: [ISS] Other global south economies provide valuable lessons on successfully transforming remittance flows into broad-based growth. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMhcdn #Africa #Remittances #DevelopmentFinance #GlobalSouth #EconomicGrowth

Africa: Financing for Whom? Trials & Tribulations From the Fourth Financing for Development in Seville: [IPS] New York -- The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) took place in Seville, Spain from 30th June to 3rd July amidst intensifying attacks on multilateralism, unprecedented cuts to global aid and development financing, and regression of… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLwQb8 #FinancingForDevelopment #GlobalAid #PovertyReduction #Multilateralism #DevelopmentFinance