The Iustum Center for Democracy and Governance (ICEDEG Africa LBG) has presented a set of policy recommendations to the Ministry of Finance ahead of the 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review, scheduled to be presented to Parliament on *Thursday, 23rd July 2026*, by the Minister for Finance, **Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson*.
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Accra, July 17, GNA– The High-Level Regional Convening on the Financialisation of Politics in Africa has adopted the Accra Declaration, prescribing reforms for accountability in political financing.
Africa’s growth story continues to evolve as stronger banks, rising investment in critical minerals, and bold industrial ambitions reshape the continent’s economic future. From the DRC’s first lithium exports and Nigerian banks’ capital surge to Ethiopia’s financial reforms and Angola’s latest rate cut, this week’s developments highlight an Africa positioning itself for long-term growth despite…
William Nyarko, Executive Director of the Africa Centre for International Law and Accountability (ACILA), has called for sweeping reforms to political finance laws across Africa to require electoral candidates to disclose donations received during campaigns and file financial reports and returns, arguing that the current legal gap is fueling corruption, state capture, and the misuse…
Oramah, Mshelbila, Kragha and Osobu to drive discussions on energy finance, gas development, refining and regional trade
📅 July 16, 2026 • 👤 Kabuma Node • 📁 East Africa • 🕑 3 min read
In collaboration with PMNCH’s Ready, Set, Implement series and Africa Renaissance
The African Development Bank Group and the African Sovereign Investors Forum are expanding their partnership to direct more African institutional capital into cross-border infrastructure. The initiative reflects a strategic shift in development finance: treating the continent’s own savings not as a secondary rert corridors and regional economic integration
The first two weeks of July have highlighted the forces reshaping Africa’s financial landscape. From the continent’s growing embrace of the Chinese yuan and Ethiopia’s sweeping banking reforms to Kenya’s resilient economic growth and East Africa’s rising appeal to investors, Africa is strengthening its long-term growth story even as renewed geopolitical tensions threaten the recovery.
In case you don’t know, the election is a multi-billion-dollar industry in Nigeria. If you tabulate what Federal Government spend to conduct general, bye, supplementary and off-cycle elections, what political parties, aspirants and candidates spend on their electioneering activities, what the security agencies spend to secure the election ecosystem in the lead up to, during…