Managers of Wealth Africa

South Africa SMEs should consider African expansion

Companies looking to do business in Africa should not rush.

How finance can accelerate steady inclusive growth in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa’s steady and impressive economic growth remains on track, despite the recent weakening of commodity prices

Africa faces increasing risks on growth targets

As it seeks to keep the rising growth record going.

Retail in Africa proves not to be smooth sailing

When Wal-Mart Stores spent $2.4 billion (R29bn) on a stake in Massmart five years ago, the world’s biggest retailer said it was buying a gateway to high-growth markets in sub-Saharan Africa

Financial flows into Africa ‘hit record $200bn’, says African Development Bank

Total external financial flows to Africa in 2014 grew to a record $200 billion

Zambia Bills Best in Africa for Standard Bank, With One Caveat

Yields on one-year Treasury bills have more than doubled in the past 36 months

Is Africa big enough for SA Banks?

With economic growth at home so disappointing, South Africa’s banks are paying much more attention to the rest of Africa

Payments revolution? Forget Apple – watch Africa

As the global payments industry transforms to take advantage of new technologies, some services offer the prospect of real change, but others are simply hype

Future of banking in Africa is mobile

An Ericsson Mobility report shows that mobile subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa will rise to 930 million by the end of 2019

Africa: New Blueprint Offers Hope of Closing Africa's Infrastructure Deficit

It involves enhancing private-public collaboration during the earlier stages of projects

Africa: The Future Is Here, but South Africa Is Stuck in the Past

Meanwhile South Africa intends to pursue coal, as the primary source of energy

SA new destination for luxury fashion brands

The world’s top luxury brand Louis Vuitton and its close competitor Gucci, both already part of the Sandton City Complex

Moody's switches Tunisian banks’ outlooks to stable

Moody’s Investors Services affirmed five Tunisian banks' ratings and changed outlooks to stable for four of the banks, following its outlook change on the Ba3 government bond rating from negative to stable

South Africans are the most desperate for money in the world

South Africans are the most hard-up for cash, ranking as the top country for loans taken out in the past year

Arab investments boost Sudan’s banking sector

Thanks to growing Arab investments in the Sudanese financial sector – which now comprises of 15 Arab owned banks – the industry is fast expanding, facilitating greater trade and investment in the country as well as providing greater financial

Could SA’s gold mining industry be gone by 2020?

Peter Major on how management has lost control of their mines.

Ecobank Group CEO Wins African Banker Of The Year

Albert Essien, Group CEO of Ecobank has won the African banker of the year award at the ninth edition of the African Banker Awards

Bitcoin Companies Tackling The African Market

Zimbabwe abandoned their national currency all together in 2009

Morocco Bank Wins Top Award

Groupe Banque Populaire triumphs as this year’s African Bank of the Year, while Ghana’s Albert Essien, Group CEO of Ecobank wins the award for African Banker of the Year.

Nigeria: Banking in uncertain times

New capital requirements, electricity sector risks and the impacts of naira depreciation are hurdles banks face while adjusting to a new administration in Abuja.

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