05/25/2016
The Ugandan-born entrepreneur started Mara Group that has tentacles in businesses such as real estate, tourism, financial services, information and communications technology, renewable energy and manufacturing.
05/24/2016
For ordinary Africans who are obliged to pay illegal charges for education, health or the marketing of goods, corruption is a source of diminished opportunity.
05/23/2016
Standard Bank has published a report on consumer spending behaviours and trends, revealing how vulnerable South Africa’s poorest households are to the rising cost of food.
05/20/2016
A recent 2015 Ipsos survey examined some of the drivers and barriers that impacted online shopping around the world.
05/19/2016
Islamic Banking has grown rapidly across several regions and is systemically important in key economies.
05/18/2016
A sample of 652 deVere clients in the UK, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the U.S. who have investable assets of more than £1m (or the equivalent) were polled.
05/18/2016
Ramos, 57, is having to contend with Barclays Plc’s moves to reduce its controlling stake in the third-biggest South African lender as part of British bank’s plan to raise cash, shrink globally and conserve capital.
05/18/2016
Gordhan has consistently denied wrongdoing.
05/18/2016
The opening speeches were followed by two panel discussions on the role of Islamic finance in the SDGs.
05/17/2016
At other trash banks account holders can exchange their rubbish directly for rice, phone cards or paying their electricity bills
05/17/2016
As such, Africa is ripe for digital opportunities.
05/16/2016
This is according to The Ernst & Young Africa attractiveness index released last week which puts the country at fourth position on the continent after South Africa, Morocco and Egypt.
05/16/2016
Trade between African nations accounted for just 11pc of total transactions, compared with Asia where regional trade accounted for 40pc and Europe where it was 70pc.
05/13/2016
A report into the 2014 collapse of South Africa's biggest unsecured lender African Bank Investments laid the blame squarely on management, saying they negligently chased after growth while lacking banking experience.
05/12/2016
Firms that fail to make strategic investments to deliver a superior client experience may risk losing a substantial portion of their current business, the report finds.
05/12/2016
This uptick in exits took place despite the fact that PE firms have retained their investments for a longer period
05/12/2016
The action follows a similar sovereign rating action and concludes the review for downgrade.
05/12/2016
Kenyatta added that his own country shows the value of diversity.
05/10/2016
The outlook on eight of Fitch's 19 African sovereign ratings is Negative
05/09/2016
The fast-growing economies of Africa face headwinds from the pull-back of international banks from the continent, Barclays' erstwhile-chief executive told CNBC, as the bank moves to sell down its business in Africa.