Making Finance Work for Africa

08
Apr

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

he frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, hurricanes and storms tend to increase due to climate change. There is little smallholders can do to cope with the financial impact of an extreme weather event, forcing them to resort to often negative coping strategies such as selling livestock, reducing food consumption […]

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02
Oct

Dar es Salaam Tanzania

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

The 9th Annual Responsible Finance Forum: Investing in Responsible Finance and Innovation for Africa’s Digital Economies (RFF Africa 2018) will focus on Africa’s evolving digital landscape. The Forum will bring together investors, industry, policymakers, practitioners and innovators to assess critical challenges facing Africa today as well as its potential to accelerate investments in responsible digital financial services. Participants will engage with […]

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27
Jun

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Time: 02:00 pm, Abidjan | 10:00am, Washington | 04:00pm, Paris Of the billion people worldwide living on less than US$1 per day, known as the poverty line, nearly 75 percent depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Unpredictable rainfall is one of the largest sources of risk poor farming households face, as low or excess rainfall […]

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