Since assuming his position as UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak has been accused of being indecisive, overly managerial and not enough of a politician. Yet, for a man who has cancelled HS2, fired a home secretary and recalled David Cameron all in a short period, he seems rather determined and active.
Is Africa’s financial sector prepared for a more prominent role in its growth and stabilisation? Can it handle new global financial flows and their attendant risks and tribulations? The annual Absa Africa Financial Markets Index, produced by OMFIF, provides hope.
The event convenes leading agency and sub-sovereign borrowers in Europe alongside high-profile investors from across the continent for in-depth, off-the-record discussions.
Ahead of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meeting in November, Chief Economist Huw Pill discussed the economic situation and monetary policy implementation in the UK.
This report draws upon the insights gained from a roundtable held by OMFIF and Visa into digital currencies’ potential to strengthen payment systems and enhance wholesale settlements’ efficiency.
