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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b63a0a91-1be6-4273-9740-9805f40847d2-450x454.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b63a0a91-1be6-4273-9740-9805f40847d2-297x300.jpeg 297w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b63a0a91-1be6-4273-9740-9805f40847d2-594x600.jpeg 594w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b63a0a91-1be6-4273-9740-9805f40847d2-768x775.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b63a0a91-1be6-4273-9740-9805f40847d2.jpeg 1070w\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a has-below\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/2026\/05\/01\/electricity-in-drc-acknowledging-the-effort-avoiding-past-mistakes\/\">Electricity in DRC: Acknowledging the Effort, Avoiding Past Mistakes<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-meta-items meta-below\"><span class=\"meta-item post-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/category\/contribution\/\" class=\"category term-color-16412\" rel=\"category\">Contribution<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-item date\"><span class=\"date-link\"><time class=\"post-date\" datetime=\"2026-05-01T08:45:59+00:00\">1 May, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>By Nicolas Kazadi, National Deputy, former Minister of Finance of the DRC. The interview given&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/article>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f4bf28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-smartmag-postslist\" data-id=\"0f4bf28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"smartmag-postslist.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"block-wrap block-posts-list block-sc mb-sm\" data-id=\"3\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"loop loop-list loop-sep loop-list-sep grid grid-1 md:grid-1 sm:grid-1\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<article class=\"l-post list-post list-post-on-sm m-pos-left\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/2026\/05\/01\/senegal-non-adjustment-of-energy-prices-a-delayed-budget-bomb\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio ar-bunyad-list\" title=\"Senegal: Non-adjustment of energy prices, a delayed budget bomb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"241\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Prof-Amath-Ndiaye-300x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" title=\"Senegal: Non-adjustment of energy prices, a delayed budget bomb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Prof-Amath-Ndiaye-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Prof-Amath-Ndiaye-600x421.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Prof-Amath-Ndiaye-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Prof-Amath-Ndiaye-450x316.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Prof-Amath-Ndiaye.jpg 750w\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a has-below\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title limit-lines l-lines-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/2026\/05\/01\/senegal-non-adjustment-of-energy-prices-a-delayed-budget-bomb\/\">Senegal: Non-adjustment of energy prices, a delayed budget bomb<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-meta-items meta-below\"><span class=\"meta-item post-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/category\/contribution\/\" class=\"category term-color-16412\" rel=\"category\">Contribution<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-item date\"><span class=\"date-link\"><time class=\"post-date\" datetime=\"2026-05-01T10:15:30+00:00\">1 May, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"excerpt limit-lines l-lines-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>By Professor Amath Ndiaye, FASEG-Cheikh Anta Diop. By refusing to adjust domestic energy prices despite&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<article class=\"l-post list-post list-post-on-sm m-pos-left\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/2026\/05\/01\/interoperability-of-payments-in-sub-saharan-africa-money-has-no-borders-fraud-neither\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio ar-bunyad-list\" title=\"Interoperability of payments in sub-Saharan Africa: money has no borders, fraud neither!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"241\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Rouge-et-Noir-Citations-Instagram-Publication-1-300x251.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" title=\"Interoperability of payments in sub-Saharan Africa: money has no borders, fraud neither!\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Rouge-et-Noir-Citations-Instagram-Publication-1-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Rouge-et-Noir-Citations-Instagram-Publication-1-600x503.png 600w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Rouge-et-Noir-Citations-Instagram-Publication-1-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Rouge-et-Noir-Citations-Instagram-Publication-1-450x377.png 450w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Copie-de-Copie-de-Rouge-et-Noir-Citations-Instagram-Publication-1.png 940w\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a has-below\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title limit-lines l-lines-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/2026\/05\/01\/interoperability-of-payments-in-sub-saharan-africa-money-has-no-borders-fraud-neither\/\">Interoperability of payments in sub-Saharan Africa: money has no borders, fraud neither!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-meta-items meta-below\"><span class=\"meta-item post-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/category\/contribution\/\" class=\"category term-color-16412\" rel=\"category\">Contribution<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-item date\"><span class=\"date-link\"><time class=\"post-date\" datetime=\"2026-05-01T09:15:23+00:00\">1 May, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"excerpt limit-lines l-lines-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>By Basilie NZAME, Expert in financial control and regulatory compliance. Former Auditor at DeloitteFrance, Mazars&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<article class=\"l-post list-post list-post-on-sm m-pos-left\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/2026\/05\/01\/electricity-in-drc-acknowledging-the-effort-avoiding-past-mistakes\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio ar-bunyad-list\" title=\"Electricity in DRC: Acknowledging the Effort, Avoiding Past Mistakes\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"241\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b63a0a91-1be6-4273-9740-9805f40847d2-297x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" title=\"Electricity in DRC: Acknowledging the Effort, Avoiding Past Mistakes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b63a0a91-1be6-4273-9740-9805f40847d2-297x300.jpeg 297w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b63a0a91-1be6-4273-9740-9805f40847d2-594x600.jpeg 594w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b63a0a91-1be6-4273-9740-9805f40847d2-768x775.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b63a0a91-1be6-4273-9740-9805f40847d2-450x454.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/b63a0a91-1be6-4273-9740-9805f40847d2.jpeg 1070w\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a has-below\"><h2 class=\"is-title post-title limit-lines l-lines-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/2026\/05\/01\/electricity-in-drc-acknowledging-the-effort-avoiding-past-mistakes\/\">Electricity in DRC: Acknowledging the Effort, Avoiding Past Mistakes<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-meta-items meta-below\"><span class=\"meta-item post-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/category\/contribution\/\" class=\"category term-color-16412\" rel=\"category\">Contribution<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-item date\"><span class=\"date-link\"><time class=\"post-date\" datetime=\"2026-05-01T08:45:59+00:00\">1 May, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"excerpt limit-lines l-lines-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>By Nicolas Kazadi, National Deputy, former Minister of Finance of the DRC. 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the parent company of the&hellip;... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><h2 class=\"pmpro_card_title pmpro_font-large\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"var(--pmpro--color--accent)\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" class=\"feather feather-lock\"><rect x=\"3\" y=\"11\" width=\"18\" height=\"11\" rx=\"2\" ry=\"2\"><\/rect><path d=\"M7 11V7a5 5 0 0 1 10 0v4\"><\/path><\/svg>Membership Required<\/h2><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\"><p> You must be a member to access this content.<\/p><p><a class=\"pmpro_btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/membership-account\/membership-levels\/\">View Membership Levels<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/category\/leaders-en\/\" class=\"category term-color-12046\" rel=\"category\">Leaders<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-item date\"><span class=\"date-link\"><time class=\"post-date\" datetime=\"2026-04-30T10:52:53+00:00\">30 April, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"excerpt limit-lines l-lines-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>With the launch of its Single Infrastructure Mapping Counter, announced on Thursday, April 2, 2026,&hellip;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<article class=\"l-post list-post list-post-on-sm m-pos-left\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/2026\/04\/30\/ecobank-2026-the-year-of-the-great-return-of-dividends\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio ar-bunyad-list\" title=\"Ecobank: 2026, the year of the great return of dividends\"><img 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momentum in the first quarter of 2026<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"post-meta-items meta-below\"><span class=\"meta-item post-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/category\/finance-en\/\" class=\"category term-color-11996\" rel=\"category\">Finance<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"meta-item date\"><span class=\"date-link\"><time class=\"post-date\" datetime=\"2026-04-24T11:11:50+00:00\">24 April, 2026<\/time><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/article>\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"loop loop-small loop-small-a grid grid-1 md:grid-1 sm:grid-1 xs:grid-1\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<article class=\"l-post small-post small-a-post m-pos-left\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/2026\/04\/24\/egypt-a-new-actuarial-framework-to-strengthen-trust-in-insurance\/\" class=\"image-link media-ratio ratio-is-custom\" title=\"Egypt: a new actuarial framework to strengthen trust in insurance\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FRA-egypt-300x168.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" title=\"Egypt: a new actuarial framework to strengthen trust in insurance\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FRA-egypt-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FRA-egypt-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FRA-egypt-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FRA-egypt-450x252.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FRA-egypt.jpg 768w\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<div 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for Southern Africa\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1722015691248-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" title=\"Africa Specialty Risks appoints Mary Driscoll as Regional Head for Southern Africa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1722015691248-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1722015691248-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1722015691248-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.financialafrik.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1722015691248.jpg 560w\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta post-meta-a post-meta-left has-below\"><h4 class=\"is-title 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