Perhaps the greatest stumbling block to Africa’s organic economic growth is the difficulty small enterprises – which collectively create wealth and jobs – face in obtaining finance to sustain their businesses and expand. However, as Sarah Rundell reports, a number of organisations have found ways to both finance the small-scale entrepreneur and also make profits. More...

Tayo Aderinokun, founder and CEO of one of Nigeria’s strongest banks, GTBank, won African Banker magazine’s coveted Banker of the Year award last year. He explains how GTBank stood firm while big banking institutions collapsed all around it after the Nigerian Central Bank’s purge. Omar Ben Yedder went to meet him. More...

As China’s presence continues to grow more dominant in Africa, so do concerns about its alleged lack of consideration for human and environmental factors. But, as Khadija Sharife reports, China’s Exim bank may be spearheading dramatic changes in the conduct of Chinese companies in Africa. More...