05/15/2015
"Imagine the number of jobs that would be created if small and medium enterprises in Africa could do the cross-border transactions that would have been supported by the unmet gap in demand for trade finance.
05/14/2015
East Africa’s shopping landscape is slowly changing with the construction of multi-million dollar centres in prominent cities.
05/14/2015
Rising consumer inflation and a probable increase in U.S. policy rates could lead the South African Reserve Bank to hike domestic rates by yearend
05/12/2015
With an emerging class of millionaires coming out of African cities such as Victoria Island, Dar Es Salaam, and Accra, there is little need for luxury living to be a strictly a foreign lifestyle.
05/12/2015
We are far from being able to put digital migration at the bottom of the priority list.
05/12/2015
During the meeting, the two sides exchanged points of view on a number of regional and international issues and discussed ways to bolster bilateral relations
05/11/2015
The average equity return for all schemes over the year to March 2015 was 23.7 per cent
05/11/2015
South African banking CEOs – some of the highest earners in the country – are taking home between 40 and 80 times more than their average employees
05/08/2015
For much of the past two decades, Sufian Ahmed’s attention has been focused on rebuilding Ethiopia’s economy after years of war and famine, eventually helping turn it into one of the fastest-growing in Africa
05/08/2015
The annual old wine tasting — the curtain-raiser to the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show — was held in Paarl a few days ago
05/08/2015
Research by SAP partner Ernst & Young suggests that five percent of the revenue of any company today is lost as a result of fraud
05/08/2015
According to Standard Bank Group, the market could make up as much as 18m litres by 2017 to give it a 2.1% share of the total premium and lite market - from just 0.3% in 2011.
05/07/2015
Inbound deal value increases five-fold; family businesses are shifting their interest away from emerging market entries
05/07/2015
The International Monetary Fund and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development have launched a new project
05/07/2015
Kenya Commercial Bank Group expects growth in services like insurance, Islamic banking and mobile money transfer services to further boost its income, after posting a 12 percent rise in first quarter pretax profit
05/07/2015
Nominees for the 2015 African Banker Awards have been announced
05/07/2015
Only four SA companies made it into the top 500
05/07/2015
South African based company Pepkor Ltd, owners of PEP stores in Nigeria have also been bought by Steinhoff International Holdings
05/07/2015
First National Bank has regained its position as the top Internet banking service in South Africa, according to the latest survey by digital marketing research agency Columinate. By Sunil Gopal.
05/06/2015
Despite slower economic growth in recent years, Mauritius remains one of the best business environments in Africa