EDITORIAL
- Backlight: Israel, Iran and the end of the post-Cold War international order – by Adama Wade
MANAGER (page 2)
- Appointments in the banking and energy sectors:
- Franky Bunang at Harvest Asset Management
- Oudou Nsangou at EDF upOwa
- Mohamed Abdallah at the helm of Vodacom International
- Peter Ndegwa as President of GPE Ethiopia
- Fahd Mokdad, CEO of Allianz Morocco
SPECIAL REPORT (pages 6 to 13)
Development banks: engines of coordinated African growth
- End of silo work, syndication of efforts, governance reform
- Cases of BOAD, BIDC, and the increasing role of guarantees (FSA, ATIDI…)
- Afreximbank responds to Fitch after downgrade of its rating
- Focus: BIDC, climate finance and energy transition
- BOAD Development Days: food sovereignty under debate
ECONOMIC POLICY (page 14)
- Cotton: Benin regains African leadership
Structured sector, input subsidies, back in the lead ahead of Mali
EVENT (pages 16 to 19)
- Launch of the ADWIN network in Abidjan
Platform for African and Afro-descendant women, with a Lusophone focus - Testimonials, female leadership, solidarity financing, transcontinental impact
HOSPITALITY (pages 20 to 21)
- Accor in Africa: ambitions, loyalty and development
Interview with Daniel Karbownik, VP Sub-Saharan Africa of the Accor group
CLIMATE FINANCE (page 22)
- CWP Global in Mauritania
Exclusive investigation on a stalled green hydrogen project
PREMIUM PUBLICATION
- Appointments and strategic movements in African finance
(Harvest, Allianz, Safaricom, Vodafone, etc.)
