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15 Grant Opportunities to Help Black-Owned Businesses Grow in 2025 | Family Finance

Key Takeaways Here are 15 grant programs, ranging from $500 to $1 million, available to Black-owned businesses. Several grant programs…

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Why Kenya’s new finance bill may shake up East Africa’s sugar trade

For years, Kenya’s sugar industry has occupied a complicated position within East Africa’s economy. The country is one of the…

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Absa Bank Kenya and Unilever sign KSh 4bn for SMEs finance

Absa Bank Kenya and Unilever Kenya have signed an agreement for a KES 4 billion financing programme designed to address…

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Kenya’s Finance Bill 2026 Enters Final Review Stage

Kenya’s Finance Bill 2026 has entered a critical stage in Parliament after the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Finance and…

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Africa Loses Billions To Illicit Financial Flows As Climate Finance Falls Short, Experts Warn

Receiving fraction of global climate finance, facing $1 trillion financing gap Africa’s development ambitions are being undermined by a widening…

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Finance Bill 2026 Tests Kenya’s Investment Climate

Long-term investment decisions often depend on a simple assumption: the rules governing business operations will remain reasonably predictable. That assumption…

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Fully Funded UNU-WIDER and African Union Winter School on Public Finance 2026 in Ethiopia: Applications Open for African Researchers and Policy Analysts

UNU-WIDER and African Union Winter School on Public Finance 2026 in Ethiopia Organized by the United Nations University World Institute…

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CIMA welcomes a new cohort of future finance leaders in Southern Africa

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the world’s leading professional body of management accountants, has recognised over 640 finance…

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A wave of green bonds is reshaping climate finance in Africa

As Africa’s most populous country, home to some 230 million people, Nigeria has a long to-do list of projects contending…

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Africa’s Growth Needs Finance Talent, Not Just Policy

Africa’s economic outlook remains resilient, even as geopolitical tensions and global trade uncertainty continue to create headwinds. According to the…

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