Managers of Wealth Africa

Nigeria, development and religion

He welcomed the plan by the IDB to fast-track the take-off of the bilingual education programme, aimed at integrating the Almajiri system of education into western education in Nigeria.

Value of luxury homes in Nairobi rises by 40pc in five years

The index tracks price changes in local currency in 37 cities.

Massive rise in disputed debit orders in South Africa

Non-authenticated debit orders are those transactions processed prior to the agreed date.

Emerging Market Companies to Grow Rapidly

Henderson just launched their new emerging markets fund, however, year —to-date, the best performing funds in the class were with Wholesale plus, Lazard, OnePath and Colonial First State

5 mistakes new African fintech entrepreneurs make

Our contribution in bringing in new and innovative ideas and inclusiveness cannot be underestimated.

FirstRand sounds alarm over spat

Burger said the low growth combined with poor leadership in government owned businesses had added a fiscal risk which was likely to result in a sovereign downgrade by the end of the year.

Do’s and don'ts of business in Nigeria: survival in Africa's second largest economy

Nigeria’s economy has traditionally been dominated by the oil sector.

Comment: Could change be brewing in Kenya?

Sailesh Navsaria, Head of Africa Strategy & Development at Minerva Group in Jersey, examines the impact of a tax amnesty in Kenya – not only on the country itself but further afield in the UK and Channel Islands

Online scammers pull in R2.2bn a year

“On social media people often communicate blindly and don’t have privacy settings.”

It’s hard to get rid of the governor of a central bank. Here’s why

The latest move against Gordhan comes against a backdrop of efforts to wrest control of this particular portfolio

RMB's Top 10 African investment destinations

We compare current realities to past occurrences to better understand aspects that will shape future events.

Can you afford to retire?

They didn’t realise that this was the offer they had already made themselves.

Trading volatility hurts Uganda Securities Exchange and stockbroker earnings

Caused a decline in earnings for stockbrokers

Number of dollar millionaires in Kenya set to grow

A Higher Net Worth Individual is defined by Wikipedia as a person with investible assets, in terms of stocks and bonds of more than $1 million.

Standard Bank whole economy PMI stabilises in August

Output stabilised amid a renewed increase in new order intakes, and companies continued to raise their workforce numbers marginally.

SOEs already talking to Futuregrowth

As far as Macready is aware, two of these SOEs met with Futuregrowth on Thursday for discussions.

Zambia keen to develop real estate sector

This year’s forum will be held under the theme “Development, private equity and legal construction economics investment finance”.

RMB continues to penetrate the South African market

SWIFT data shows that Renminbi usage in payments in South Africa increased by 65 per cent over the last 12 months and by 112 per cent in the last two years, moving the country from position #30 in July 2014, to #24 in July 2016.

Tourism sector key to fostering Kenya’s economic growth

According to figures from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, in 2014, tourism raked in Sh87.1 billion which is a 7.3% decrease compared to Sh94 billion recorded in 2013.

Who are the wealthiest black billionaires?

How much money does one of the wealthiest African men, Niki Oppenheimer earn in a year?

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