09/15/2014
Banks in ten SSA countries – namely Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia – are generally well-positioned to grow as an insurance distribution channel from the rapid incr
09/11/2014
‘The Agenda’ compiles results from 260 CEOs in Africa and includes insights from business and public sector leaders from 18 countries
09/07/2014
You can bank on banks, is the message we’ve been getting since the recent downgrading of the big four banks
09/05/2014
Porsche did an “analysis and, based on Kenya’s strong micro-finance indices
09/05/2014
The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UBA, Phillips Oduoza, welcomed the announcement, noting that the endorsement validates the concerted efforts to ensure the bank’s customers across the continent
09/04/2014
While confidence about growth and exports reaches record levels globally, surveys by Grant Thornton and Merchantec caution that SA risks missing out on the boom.
09/02/2014
In the last decade, the size of the African economy has more than trebled, with West Africa now the fastest growing region on the continent.
09/01/2014
South Africa: Living in Self-Delusion - Who Controls Africa's Economy- - Nigeria or South Africa?
When in 2004 President Olusegun Obasanjo muted the idea of a state- backed Nigerian company that can compete favourably with multinational companies, Nigerians partially bought into the idea.
08/31/2014
I think the initial impact of this new development bank for emerging markets is that many countries could have a new source of financing
08/28/2014
There were 503 cases of financial fraud in the 1st half of the year 2012 reported across the African continent.
08/28/2014
At least 1,427 people have died of the deadly hemorrhagic virus since it was first detected
08/27/2014
Hsieh spoke us through the implications of the banking downgrade on South Africans
08/26/2014
The regulations they’d put in place left the banking system largely unaffected and insulated local investors from much of the subprime fallout.
08/25/2014
A new study finds sub-Saharan Africa’s middle class is on track to nearly triple by 2030
08/25/2014
The report suggests that while the middle class may be smaller than previously thought it is growing strongly
08/25/2014
The 2014 Nigerian banking sector report, produced by one of the leading wealth advisory firms in the country, Afrinvest Limited will be launched on Tuesday, September 9, 2014.
08/22/2014
Latest World Bank figures show that remittances from foreign workers are expected to be $436bn this year, more than three times what poor countries receive in overseas aid
08/22/2014
The potential of new technologies to transform financial services in Africa has long been heralded by the likes of Kenya’s M-Pesa and others.
08/22/2014
The FTSE/JSE Africa Banks index shed 1.42 percent to close at 65 301.65 points.
08/21/2014
Moody’s Investors Service’s downgrade of South Africa’s biggest lenders raises the risk the nation’s sovereign debt rating may be cut