06/04/2019
The microlender, which has previously announced it added 127 000 new customers a month, boasts 840 branches and 11.4 million clients, including more than 5.2 million clients who use digital channels to access their money.
06/04/2019
They generally track a benchmark and offer a low-cost passive investment approach. Investors in Africa have an ever-expanding range of such vehicles to choose from
06/04/2019
TymeBank’s CEO Sandile Shabalala reveals this 10-year partnership has given it approximately 730 physical points of presence.
06/03/2019
“Hii kazi yetu ni ya hapa hapa Africa, kabisa tena.” (Our assignment is for and about Africa).
05/31/2019
It noted that chronic bank debtors were now in the habit of enlisting law enforcement agencies including Police, judiciary and state security to harass and criminalize banks’ CEO
05/31/2019
I wholeheartedly welcome the discussions that will be made possible by this Development Forum
05/30/2019
These are the bodyguards of the rich and famous, who spend their days and nights putting themselves in the spotlight
05/30/2019
During the meeting, the two parties discussed means to further strengthen and expand partnership between the kingdom and this institution, the statement said.
05/30/2019
KCB, which also operates in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, made the takeover offer last month, joining a wave of consolidation in Kenya's banking industry.
05/29/2019
Craig Torr, founding member of Crue Invest, on providing advice in the current environment.
05/28/2019
The new Contributory Pension Scheme is very different.
05/28/2019
Financial services sector and offshore investments likely to be affected by a no-deal scenario, awareness and contingency plans advisable.
05/27/2019
Countries that have the ability to attract investment but need work include South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria.
05/27/2019
Reinet has always been criticised for its dependence on British American Tobacco (BAT), but last week's results show that their investment represents 52percent of the total value of Reinet.
05/24/2019
Ghana: Banking Reforms Yields Results - President
The industry recorded growth in terms of total assets, total deposits, and net loans and advances at the end of the first quarter of this year.
05/24/2019
South Africa's central bank holds rate unchanged at 6.75%
SARB lowered its forecast for GDP this year to 1.0 percent from the March forecast of 1.3 percent but left its 2020 and 2021 forecasts for growth unchanged at 1.8 percent and 2.0 percent, respectively.
05/23/2019
The President congratulated CalBank for being an indigenous bank that has embraced best practices over the last 30 years to become one of the best-performing companies in Ghana.
05/23/2019
The last time KCB, whose CEO is Joshua Oigara, lagged behind Equity, led by James Mwangi, in full-year bottom-line was in 2014.
05/21/2019
"Kenya is unusual in the region in having a market-determined exchange rate and no restrictions on the availability of foreign exchange.
05/21/2019
In industries such as mining, Schüssler expected a continuing drop in employment figures for the next two years– partly due to automation, but mainly due to the fact that commodities markets had changed and Eskom was not performing well at all.