Managers of Wealth Africa

Survey Finds Investors Still Confident In Global Growth Despite China Doubts - BofA Merrill Lynch

Allocations to Equity Rise, Bonds Increasingly Undesired

Experts want Central Bank of Kenya to raise deposit loss compensation

Mr Ringera said the move would instill more confidence in the banking industry and enable banks mobilise more deposits.

A slow 2013, but emerging economies to pick up from 2014

One positive trend it noted is the flow of investments between developing economies.

Uganda favourite destination for foreign investors: UN Report

The report says that financial and banking institutions led the regional investment drive, with Kenya Commercial Bank

Have tax havens had their day in the sun?

Daniel Ben-Ami examines the moral offensive against tax avoidance and the part played by offshore centres.

SA's banking industry: the risks

S&P rates the industry on par with those of Brazil, Mexico and Israel.

Zenith, First Bank, GTB, 10 other Nigerian banks make World’s Top 1000

Zenith Bank, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc, are among the 13 Nigerian banks that made the list of this year’s Top 1000 World Banks Ranking

Moody's changes outlook on African Bank's ratings to negative from stable

Moody's Investors Service has changed to negative from stable the outlook on African Bank Limited's Baa3 long-term global scale senior debt and deposit ratings

Ghana: Booming Financial Services Sector Leaves Millions Behind

Mr Seth Terkper, said that although the country had witnessed an exponential increase in the number of private banks over the last decade, it was yet to feel the impact of their presence

Tanzania: African Bank Boss in Tanzania

African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, was in Tanzania over the weekend for the visit by United States President Barack Obama.

Dreaming Big – But Who Will Fund Southern Africa’s Infrastructure Plans?

Mounds of sand and rubble are what are left of sections of Maputo’s beachfront road as bulldozers

21 Quotes From African Billionaires On Business, Passion And Life

Power and drive are two things business leaders seem to have in common.

Kenya Ranked Top in World Bank's Growth Assessment

THE World Bank has rated Kenya as Africa's best country in terms of policies and institutional reforms that support growth and reduce poverty.

Prospects amid weaknesses in banking industry

Low financial intermediation in Ghana, where only 6 percent of adults accessed a loan in the past year

BRICS nations monitoring 'complex' global markets

Major emerging-market economies are paying close attention to "new and complex" developments in global financial markets and want closer coordination of their macroeconomic policies

Obama eyes Africa economic boom

The US president will embark on Wednesday on his most important trip to the continent

Gold Prices Are Headed to Pre-QE Days: Credit Suisse

As the sell-off in gold continued into Monday morning, analysts told CNBC that investors need to re-examine their expectations of the gold market

Moody’s highlights SA banks’ challenges in Africa

SA’s major banks have been looking to high economic growth areas and growth nodes on the continent to expand their operations.

SA economic outlook not rosy

The outlook for South Africa’s economy brightened slightly after better-than-expected inflation and current account data

UAE bankers trade balance sheets for backpacks in Kilimanjaro challenge

The 25-year-old Emirati investment adviser and 49 other Emirates NBD employees will spend six days on a charity trek up Africa's highest peak as part of the bank's 50th-anniversary celebrations.

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