05/29/2015
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
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05/29/2015
Bitcoin Companies Tackling The African Market
Zimbabwe abandoned their national currency all together in 2009
05/29/2015
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.
05/28/2015
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.
05/28/2015
Insurers mull terrorism, political risk pool to enhance investor confidence
Africa’s economic growth will gain momentum this year and next
05/27/2015
Nigeria: Banking in uncertain times
New capital requirements, electricity sector risks and the impacts of naira depreciation are hurdles banks face
05/26/2015
A sleeping giant is on the rise
African economies will grow by 4.5% this year and by 5% next
05/26/2015
ACCA and IMA Find Global Economy Improving
The largest economic survey of professional accountants in the world
05/25/2015
Investing in Africa: quality management teams key
Africa is now being termed the final frontier and a number of South African and international corporates are expanding into the continent
05/25/2015
Global real estate investors eye Africa for opportunities – PwC
As capital across the globe continues to look for yield enhancing investments.
05/25/2015
How pension funds could change their asset allocation
Regulation, lower returns might fuel move to alternatives.
05/25/2015
AfDB expects growth in Africa
The AfDB estimates African economies to have grown by 3.9 percent in 2014.
05/25/2015
Illicit financial flows costing Africa billions
Abusive transfer pricing, bribery and tax evasion are contributing to the loss of more than $60-billion from unlawful money flows in Africa.
05/22/2015
Attending to SA’s trust deficit
Among the most important priorities in the NDP is power generation
05/22/2015
Africa: What’s next? - Giles Keating, Credit Suisse
In the last couple of years Africa has been touted as the new growth frontier, amid huge expectations that the continent would emulate China and record exponential growth rates.
05/22/2015
Global growth in 2015 - it’s complicated by Marios Maratheftis, Standard Chartered
If the world economy is set to grow faster in 2015, then why the long faces? Well, there are several reasons.
05/22/2015
Africa is open for business – Standard Bank
As part of an African and international bank Standard Bank is a leading African banking group focused on global and regional emerging markets.
05/22/2015
How Long Before Transactional Banking Is Dead In Africa?
Africa is now the fastest growing region in the world in terms of mobile banking
05/22/2015
Kenya’s banking sector records improved performance in Q1
Kenya’s banking sector recorded improved performance in the first quarter ended March 31, with deposits in commercial banks rising to 25 billion U.S. dollars from 23.9 billion dollars in the previous quarter ending December 2014.
05/22/2015
How to avoid unrest and corruption when investing in Africa
African financials are looking attractive despite the continent's wider corruption troubles, according to Old Mutual Investment Group's Cavan Osborne.