01/11/2017
Britain’s new African empire
The ‘Scramble for Africa’ is proceeding apace
Comment, Analysis & Research
01/11/2017
How SA companies are now Africanised
I’ve thought for ages that companies in general are delivering a lower standard of service and quality than we’ve been used to over the years
01/10/2017
AfDB to Host First Edition of the Africa Resilience Forum
The Forum is organized in partnership with several institutions.
01/10/2017
Mixed realities of African retail
As most young Africans prefer to live in cities, the retail potential on demographics and urbanisation alone, is quite significant.
01/10/2017
SA banks reverse woes in 2016
Standard Bank outperforms peers, experts see value in banking stocks amid continued uncertainty.
01/10/2017
The Dangers of Exclusion: Lessons for Africa from Brexit and the US Elections
The future of global governance is now on a precarious path.
01/10/2017
South Africa’s richest people in 2017
In South Africa, the three-way tug-o-war between the country’s top three billionaires continues.
01/09/2017
2017: the new forces shaping African investment
Africa is still rising and will continue to do so for many years to come
01/09/2017
Higher investment returns: Which African countries will join emerging markets party?
The risk following the recently ended booms is that, due to insufficient planning and excessive optimism, the windfalls of growth accelerations were wasted.
01/08/2017
Feature: A time for equity
In its simplest form, equity has no fixed repayment date or guaranteed return.
01/06/2017
Kenya: Troubled Firms Shine Spotlight On Large Investors' Analysis
Kenyan firms have become a magnet for international financiers, who include development finance institutions and private equity funds, with the high returns coming from sectors such as financial services, healthcare, education and real estate over the yea
01/06/2017
2017 to be best year for Islamic financial market
In 2017, many new Islamic Finance markets are seen to be emerging on the horizon in the world.
01/06/2017
Why Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi has many banks
There are very few major banks which are not represented along or off Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi. Let us count: Kenya Commercial Bank, Barclays Bank, Family Bank, National Bank, Equity Bank, Standard Chartered, Stanbic Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Housi
01/05/2017
Calling out the top 5 CEOs of 2016
Number 1 on our list is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) Thapelo Tsheole.
01/04/2017
Ethiopia: Understanding the Future Market
In the last decades of developmental thinking, it became apparent some forward thinking leaders were pushing for innovation but were meeting with resistance from their higher ups.
01/04/2017
Seeing Demand, Morocco Approves First Islamic Banks
Morocco had been reticent about Islamic finance
01/04/2017
Nigeria needs big-ticket reforms to regain investors trust – Analysts
Fiddling with the foreign exchange market is a recipe for economic collapse
01/04/2017
Heritage Bank: A tale of Audacity and Enterprise
This move brought a lot of smiles to the faces of former account holders and inspired many of them to open new accounts with Heritage Bank.
01/03/2017
Nigeria’s oil output tops foreign investors’ concern
There will also be keen interest in the return of the US shale oil and the sustainability of supply recoveries by Libya and Nigeria, con朙�ict-ridden nations that were left out of the output cut agreement.
01/03/2017
Islamic finance roots grow deeper in Kenya
It does this through introducing new, or adapting existing, international standards consistent with Sharia principles and recommends them for adoption.