Good Morning Africa The K Financial

🎙 Meet the CEO: Meet Aéko Ongodia Founder & CEO of XENO.
🎙 Nigerian banks are rushing to meet new capital requirements set by the central bank, potentially sparking the largest mergers and acquisitions wave in the sector in two decades.
🎙 Flutterwave, Africa's leading digital payments firm, undergoes corporate team restructuring in preparation for an IPO, says CEO.

🎙 M-Kopa to inject over $10 million to boost uptake of electric motorcycles.
🎙How can Uganda's fourth National Development Plan be aligned with opportunities under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area during the planning phase?
🎙 The JSE index was up for the fourth consecutive session on Tuesday, trading above the 74,000 level, tracking most of its global peers.
🎙 The world’s electric car fleet continues to grow strongly, with 2024 sales set to reach 17 million.
🎙South Africa seeks investors and financing options for South African Airways (SAA) after a previous equity deal fell through.

🎙 African countries will pay $74-billion in debt service payments this year.
🎙Uganda's investment culture is changing. XENO Uganda's CEO, Aéko Ongodia, shares insights on acquiring over 100,000 clients and managing billions in investment capital in an emerging market.
🎙 The Kenya Shilling appreciation against the US Dollar appears to have finally hit the floor and could be in reverse gear. 
🎙African countries are racing to enact rules for non-resident suppliers to account for taxes on electronically supplied services (ESS), a new report by PwC indicates.
🎙UNCTAD urges innovative investment strategies for inclusive growth.

🎙 IMF forecasts predict that Nigeria, once dubbed Africa's largest economy, is set to relinquish its crown and slide to fourth place this year.
🎙 UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned of a possible further growth deceleration in 2024, citing falling investments and subdued global trade dynamics.
 🎙 A just energy transition in Uganda.

🎙 Meet the CEO: Kazeem Tewogbade and Olumide Soyombo founders of The Bluechip Technologies Limited

🎙The JSE All Share index remained stable near the 73,000 level on Thursday, hovering close to one-month lows, amid varied quarterly company reports worldwide.

🎙 The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group are partnering to provide at least 300-million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030.

🎙 Samsung has overtaken Apple as the leading mobile devices provider.
🎙 Antonio Querido, the FAO Country Representative in Uganda returns to discuss the slow uptake of renewable energy in the Agriculture sector. 
 
 🎙 Vodacom Tanzania PLC has acquired broadband internet provider, Smile Communications, after purchasing all its shares to a tune of US$ 27.4 million.
 
 🎙 The UN Trade and Development (UNTD) warns of a continued global economic slowdown in 2024, following a milder-than-expected downturn in 2023.
 
 🎙 Kenya has been ranked after South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria as African countries with the highest number of millionaires.