09/05/2018
Africa and its Antiquated Banking: Bitcoin The Solution?
South Africa demonstrates incredible potential to becoming a leader in blockchain development in Africa
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/04/2018
Interview: Sunil Kaushal, Standard Chartered Bank
We are the only international bank with major presence from China and South Asia to the Middle East and Africa.
09/03/2018
Strategic partnerships and investments key to Africa’s economic transformation
The AIF will bring together project sponsors, lenders, fund managers and investors, to attract investment and capital for development, projects in Africa.
08/31/2018
StanChart CEO Winters Wants to `Take a Look' at Ethiopia Banking
The problem is that it’s entirely closed to foreign banks.
08/31/2018
China dispels saddling Africa with debt
China’s total commitments are expected to exceed the $60 billion that President Xi Jinping pledged in Johannesburg in 2015.
08/30/2018
Testing times ahead for Standard Bank
But CEO Sim Tshabalala believes the bank’s Africa business will propel it back to the top of the sector
08/30/2018
African firms urged to make S'pore a base in the region
Chan Chun Sing also tells forum that aviation agreements would help enable business links
08/30/2018
Media need to be less reticent to tackle fund manager fees
The financial media have an important role to play in educating lay investors about factors that determine their pension payout, writes Steven Nathan
08/29/2018
Financial experts call for divergence of funding devices in Kenya
The products offer investors with cash a chance to invest at a rate of about 18 percent per annum, an equivalent to what the fund takers, such as real estate developers, would have to pay to get funds from the banks, said Cytonn in a brief on Monday.
08/29/2018
Directors' duties in respect to mitigating, adapting to risks of climate change
These far-reaching provisions clearly suggest that directors’ fiduciary duties will be interpreted to encompass the risks that climate change poses for an organisation
08/29/2018
First post-Brexit trade pact emerges on May’s Africa trade mission
The Prime Minister is visiting South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya.
08/28/2018
Orchards' earnings decline, Sanlam in profit warning
During the period under review, revenue increased by 6.15 per cent to Sh34.2 million from Sh32.2 million recorded in half-year period of 2017.
08/28/2018
Futuregrowth's Canter on lessons learnt from SOE lending saga
The company said earlier this month it’s still not prepared to resume lending to embattled power utility Eskom.
08/27/2018
Rwanda most profitable for Kenyan bank units
Data from the Central Bank of Kenya shows that Rwanda has 55 subsidiaries, behind Tanzania with 81 and Uganda with 105.
08/24/2018
Sable International creates solution for expats with living annuities in SA
Living annuity gives unique access to offshore investments
08/23/2018
Getting value from sovereign wealth funds
Sovereign wealth funds have to fulfil certain national objectives, which depend on the country in question
08/20/2018
How much a funeral costs in South Africa
The rise of simple and quick insurance solutions
08/20/2018
DA to EFF: 'We will fight hostile takeover of SA Reserve Bank'
The EFF indicated that it wants the legislation to make provision for the SARB to have more capacity to provide prudential oversight over existing banks.
08/20/2018
UniBank Shareholders Berates Bank Of Ghana
The BoG on August 1, 2018, announced the revocation of universal banking licences of five banks and subsequently created the Consolidated Bank to take over selected assets and liabilities of the five institutions.
08/16/2018
How Technology Can Make South Africa A More Equal Country
Beyond this racial economic divide, young South Africans have been hit hard by current economic conditions, as more than one out of every three young South Africans were not in employment, education, or training in the first quarter of 2018.