TAG: Financial Services
The recent victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election has fostered uncertainty within the Mexican business community. Hundreds of articles have been written about what could happen if NAFTA were reviewed and how Mexico would cope without its major trading partner.
The first segment of OBG Talk -- aired in collaboration with K24 TV -- quizzed Habil Olaka, CEO of the Kenya Bankers Association, on some of the recent struggles the sector has faced and what regulators are doing to improve overall stability. It also explored some of the sector's recipes for success, particularly in terms of financial inclusion, and how other countries might potentially benefit.
Gabon’s economy has reached a critical juncture in 2016, with the drop in global oil prices having increased the need for and urgency of economic diversification, while reducing the availability of public financing to back the transformation. Under the now seven-year-old economic strategy, the Emerging Gabon Strategic Plan, the government has hastened efforts to expand the scope of economic activity, focusing on financial services, tourism and agriculture.