Africa: Why Africa Should Embrace Territorial Markets to Withstand Climate Shocks and Crises

[ad_1] Harare — African policymakers, local leaders and the private sector have been asked to create an enabling environment that will help African traders and farmer folks build reliable systems for food security and resilience through territorial markets. During a week-long 2024 Africa Agroecological Entrepreneurship and Seed Festival in Harare, Zimbabwe, experts observed that persistent crises have shown the importance of resilient close-to-home 'territorial' markets that feed billions of people every day--from public markets and street vendors to cooperatives, from […]

October 4, 2024 2

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Africa: Uganda Maintains Fourth Spot in Absa Africa Financial Markets Index

[ad_1] Kampala, Uganda — Uganda has preserved its fourth-place ranking in the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index for 2023, despite a slight decrease in its overall score from 64.4 to 62.8. The index, which assesses financial market development in African countries, highlighted areas of both improvement and challenge for Uganda, particularly in access to foreign exchange and local investor capacity. A significant factor contributing to the decline was a weaker performance in the access to foreign exchange (Pillar 2), with […]

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