Managers of Wealth Africa

African economies to face $11.4 trillion investment shortfall by 2040

Africa has the opportunity to quadruple living standards by 2040, but to do so it will need to find $11.4 trillion in extra investment over that period.

South Africa Feeling Unloved by Foreign Investors and Generally Downgraded

What with seemingly endless energy shortages, simmering industrial unrest, and innumerable social challenges, South Africa increasingly appears to be a country in trouble.

Africa on course for growing debt issuance says Standard Bank

“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

Banking index largely unfazed by Moody’s credit ratings downgrade

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.

S&P bumps Morocco down from emerging to frontier market

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.

SA's super rich to grow by 35% over next decade

Also watch high net worth individuals in Mozambique, Angola.

Angola, Ghana are Africa’s fastest growing wealth markets

Angola is currently the second-largest oil producer on the continent, but is tipped to overtake Nigeria within the next five years.

SA banks hold Africa’s wealth

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.

Non-Banking Sector Important for Ecoco

The non-banking financial services providers are vital contributors to the economy, the Non-Banking Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority chairperson

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

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.

Best global brands 2014 by Gaelyn Scott

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.

Four Nigerian Companies Where CEOs Are Sons Of Founders

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.

UBS and TrustAfrica launch pioneering report on philanthropy in Africa by Africans

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.

Ebola panic hits South Africa in the pocket

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.

Africa’s Prospects Rise With Tide of Returning Professionals

A rising tide is lifting optimism in Africa.

Doing legal business in Japan and Morocco: new guides for solicitors

The latest additions to our 'Doing legal business' series look at Japan and Morocco.

Standard Bank ranked top twenty in Bloomberg’s World’s Greenest Bank Report

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.

Africa growth prospects lure Gulf investors

For us, navigating through the dynamics in Africa is an exciting opportunity in a world beset with challenging dynamics

Seven banks in Angola and Mozambique among the 100 largest in Africa

The other five places in the top 10 places are taken by three Moroccan banks, one from Nigeria and one from Algeria.

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