Managers of Wealth Africa

Middle East and North Africa Fintech Startups Raised $100M in Last Decade

The number of Fintech startups in the Middle East and North Africa has steadily grown over the last few years.

Uganda ready to welcome Qatar’s Islamic banks

If you invite local businesses to join its better, but there is no restriction.

Germany pushes plan to boost private investment in Africa

The first stage of the proposal, dubbed "Compact with Africa," would focus on Rwanda, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco and Ivory Coast.

Nigeria Ranks 19th On Africa’s Investment Destination Index

The AII Index is based on a range of factors that include improved credit rating, current account ratio, import cover and ease of doing business.

Sub-Sahara Africa's growth to reach 2.6% in 2017-World Bank

The growth is attributed to an up tick in global commodity prices, improving global economic performance and accommodative domestic conditions.

Kenya’s growth under threat in 2017 but economy remains resilient, says CBK governor Patrick Njoroge

Kenya’s economy has performed well during the downturn in commodity prices and the period of global low growth

Make Mine Mauritius: DeVere Group Opening Investment Banking Branch In Paradise

According to Green, Mauritius now is destined to become the Southern Hemisphere’s leading international financial center within the next decade

Liberty: A giant playing catch-up

While competitors Sanlam and Discovery pursue new avenues, the once-dominant Liberty seems to be left with Africa and, rather late in the day, SA short-term insurance

World Bank cuts 2017 growth outlook for sub-Sahara Africa

Though the region is showing signs of recovery, growth this year will rise only slightly above population growth, “a pace that hampers efforts to boost employment and reduce poverty”, the report said.

Nigeria needs reforms to hedge against future FX crisis

Africa’s biggest economy is facing a currency crisis brought on by low oil prices, which has hammered its foreign reserves and created chronic dollar shortages, frustrating businesses and individuals.

deVere marketed unapproved offshore funds to SA investors

More questions around the international consultancy’s business practices in SA.

Kenya the next big growth market for Islamic finance?

AIFS summit took place in Nairobi, an Islamic Economy summit organised in East Africa.

Mauritius to become southern hemisphere’s number 1 financial services centre within a decade

After detailed analysis from our in-house teams and external experts, it was definitively and unanimously concluded that Mauritius would be the ideal jurisdiction.

Long-term perspectives key to wealth management

News24 spoke to Graham Tucker, a portfolio manager at Old Mutual Investment Group’s MacroSolutions, about what investors might learn from Long Term Perspectives 2017.

This is South Africa’s most complained-about bank

As the biggest bank in South Africa by number of clients, it stands to reason that Standard Bank drew the most complaints during the year.

Can Pension Funds Help Solve Africa’s Infrastructure Deficit?

Traditionally, these pension funds have invested primarily in local, fixed-income bonds.

'The dream of South Africa sometimes feels more like a nightmare'

“The promise of Easter can be likened to what I call the new struggle in South Africa."

Investors want ANC to explain "radical economic transformation": S.African finmin

Last week Fitch downgraded South Africa's foreign and local currency debt to speculative grade, while S&P Global Ratings cut the hard currency borrowing to "junk".

Keep calm and carry on – a guide to wealth management in turbulent times

In military strategy, the remaining calm under fire is regarded as essential to making effective decisions

Favourite tech brands of rich people in South Africa

High net worth individuals are defined as those having a personal income of R50,001+ per month, before deductions.

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