Invest Africa

In 2020, there was US$8.9 billion in trade between Africa and Singapore – the Southeast Asian nation is one of the top 10 investors on the continent. In this episode, Ranveer Chauhan, an experienced corporate advisor, and Rahul Ghosh from Enterprise Singapore, discuss how local businesses are perfectly geared to partner with their African counterparts in fields as diverse as clean energy, agri processing, fintech and more. To register for the Africa Singapore Business Forum 2021 click here https://www.enterprisesg.gov.sg/events/key-events/market/africa-singapore-business-forum/home To check out Enterprise Singapore's Webinar series click here https://www.enterprisesg.gov.sg/events/key-events/market/africa-singapore-business-forum/webinar-series

More than half a trillion US dollars flows through the mobile money market in sub-Saharan Africa each year. In this episode, Nikolai Barnwell, CEO of tech company pawaPay, explains how this fascinating ecosystem works and why it will soon be the continent’s dominant financial service offering.

Africa’s population is predicted to nearly double by 2050, and almost all of the growth will be in rapidly expanding cities. In this episode, Terence Kretzmann from Kilima Corporate Finance discusses the tremendous potential of this boom, and how industries like property, consumer goods, fintech and mobile are set to take off.

The Budget speech for 2021/2022 was read in the Mauritian parliament recently. Rudolf Pretorius and Zain Madarun from Adansonia Holdings, and Shianee Calcutteea from the law firm Bowmans, unpack some of the implications for the broader financial services industry.

Private companies are partnering with governments to get much-needed Covid vaccines to communities all over Africa. In this episode, Andy van der Velde and Suzandi Viljoen from the multinational logistics and courier company, Aramex, share fascinating insights into cargo plane shortages, cold chain storage using converted shipping containers, and what exactly goes into getting those vaccines across the “last mile”.