11/13/2014
What with seemingly endless energy shortages, simmering industrial unrest, and innumerable social challenges, South Africa increasingly appears to be a country in trouble.
11/13/2014
“The Sub-Saharan African Eurobond market has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 34% over the last five years compared to wider emerging market sector growth of 21%,” says Megan McDonald, global head of debt primary markets at Standard B
11/12/2014
SA’s banking index was hardly moved on Tuesday by a decision by ratings agency Moody’s to downgrade the major banks credit ratings one notch to Baa2 with a stable outlook and in line with the sovereign rating.
11/12/2014
S&P Dow Jones Indices has announced that it has reclassified Morocco as a frontier Market in the S&P Dow Jones Indices, following the Country Classification Consultation it initiated in July 2014.
11/12/2014
Also watch high net worth individuals in Mozambique, Angola.
11/12/2014
Angola is currently the second-largest oil producer on the continent, but is tipped to overtake Nigeria within the next five years.
11/11/2014
South African banks control more than half of all African high-net worth individuals' (HNWI) private funds which are tied up in asset management schemes.
11/11/2014
The non-banking financial services providers are vital contributors to the economy, the Non-Banking Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority chairperson
11/07/2014
Nomura Sees Another South African Downgrade After Moody’s
South Africa’s credit rating may be cut to just above junk by Fitch Ratings Ltd. next month after Moody’s Investors Service lowered it yesterday, risking higher borrowing costs
11/06/2014
It’s now total war against the BRICS
Fasten your seat belts: the information war already unleashed against Russia is bound to expand to Brazil, India and China.
11/05/2014
Interbrand announced the results of its BEST GLOBAL BRANDS 2014 survey recently. At the event, the company also handed out a fascinating booklet entitled YOU AFRI CAN.
11/05/2014
Business mogul and serial investor, Paschal Dozie, founded Diamond Bank in 1990, growing it into one of Nigeria’s top tier banks before resigning as CEO in 2006.
11/04/2014
The report shows that philanthropy is an inherent characteristic of African life, where giving to extended family or supporting a community member is seen as a matter of course.
11/03/2014
Ebola has not yet hit South Africa, but companies here who have sailed north looking for extra profit are feeling some rather sickening economic effects.
11/02/2014
A rising tide is lifting optimism in Africa.
10/30/2014
The latest additions to our 'Doing legal business' series look at Japan and Morocco.
10/30/2014
The clean-energy investments category accounts for 70 percent of the score and is determined using information on the banks’ activities with regard to clean-energy projects, including renewable energy as well as other related initiatives.
10/29/2014
For us, navigating through the dynamics in Africa is an exciting opportunity in a world beset with challenging dynamics
10/28/2014
The other five places in the top 10 places are taken by three Moroccan banks, one from Nigeria and one from Algeria.
10/28/2014
This figure is expected to reach 42% by 2060, according to the ADB study, unveiled in Johannesburg.