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African firms seeking to increase their use of technology face a number of challenges including a higher cost of adoption compared with other regions. A new book by IFC researchers highlights what can be done to enable African businesses to take full advantage of digitalization, from investing in new infrastructure to funding tech startups.
Learn how Fintech companies can drive women's financial inclusion and economic empowerment in emerging markets. Leveraging sex-disaggregated data can be a gamechanger, while capitalizing on the under-tapped women's market.
Emerging markets saw a 45 percent surge in sales of green, social, sustainability, and sustainability-linked bonds in 2023, according to the sixth edition of the Emerging Market Green Bonds report from IFC and Amundi. The analysis also projects issuance will continue to rise with around 7 percent annual growth through 2025, bringing much needed private sector funding to green transitions in developing economies.
Greener building technologies and climate-friendly capital markets could cut the construction sector’s carbon footprint as much as a fifth by 2035, creating a $3 trillion investment opportunity in emerging markets.
