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+ Across Africa’s over 1.3 billion people likes an emerging economy in the west of Africa that not only as a whole has shown potential but also in its fintech space. Ghana in recent memory has been a market to watch in terms of its economic development in the African continent as a whole. Beyond just recent memory, it has an interesting history. In Sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana was the first place where Europeans arrived to trade – which initially included gold and then later in slaves. According to the United Nations Development Programme, it was also the first black African nation in the ...

+ Across Africa’s over 1.3 billion people likes an emerging economy in the west of Africa that not only as a whole has shown potential but also in its fintech space. Ghana in recent memory has been a market to watch in terms of its economic development in the African continent as a whole. Beyond just recent memory, it has an interesting history. In Sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana was the first place where Europeans arrived to trade – which initially included gold and then later in slaves. According to the United Nations Development Programme, it was also the first black African nation in the ...

Image When the PPIUD Initiative was first conceptualised in 2013, the focus was on reducing maternal mortality, in accordance with Millenium Development Goal 5 (MDG 5). It was well established that a 30% reduction in maternal mortality can be achieved by offering contraception to women in the reproductive age group. We knew that nearly 2.2 million women did not have access to contraception, even if they wanted it, and we wanted to reduce the number of abortions for unintended pregnancies. We recognised that in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) there was little else offered to women pos...