This week, I want to speak directly to you—not just as entrepreneurs and professionals, but as architects of Africa’s economic future. Across our continent, women continue to build, trade, innovate and lead. Yet, one structural barrier persists: access to capital at scale, on equitable terms and within systems designed with women in mind. This is not a gap in talent. It is not a gap...

Recent remarks by Mabel Chinomona that “there can be no industrialisation without women in leadership” carry an important message not only for Zimbabwe, but for the entire African continent.   Her statement comes at a critical time when African nations are seeking sustainable economic growth, stronger manufacturing sectors, technological advancement, food security, and...

Securitising African Commodity-Backed Debentures: Pricing for Value Preservation, Risk Transfer and Market Integrity By Bill Gonyora   Introduction: From Commodities to Capital Markets African commodity-backed debentures represent a critical evolution in the continent’s capital markets. By transforming real, productive commodity assets—agricultural output, minerals, energy and...