07/20/2013
The most boring investment advice ever
Why really good investment gurus keep repeating themselves.
Comment, Analysis & Research
07/18/2013
Kenya Seeks UBA’s Support To Create International Financial Centre
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on United Bank of Africa (UBA) Plc to play a pivotal role in seeing to the actualisation of the country’s plan to make Nairobi an international financial centre.
07/16/2013
Regional Communities to Discuss Infrastructure Financing in Africa
The aim of the roundtable is to rationalize approaches and foster synergies so as to optimize the impact of the various initiatives within a collective and coordinated framework
07/15/2013
Survey Finds Investors Still Confident In Global Growth Despite China Doubts - BofA Merrill Lynch
Allocations to Equity Rise, Bonds Increasingly Undesired
07/12/2013
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.
07/12/2013
A slow 2013, but emerging economies to pick up from 2014
One positive trend it noted is the flow of investments between developing economies.
07/09/2013
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
07/09/2013
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.
07/07/2013
SA's banking industry: the risks
S&P rates the industry on par with those of Brazil, Mexico and Israel.
07/05/2013
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
07/02/2013
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
07/02/2013
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
06/30/2013
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.
06/27/2013
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
06/27/2013
21 Quotes From African Billionaires On Business, Passion And Life
Power and drive are two things business leaders seem to have in common.
06/26/2013
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.
06/25/2013
Prospects amid weaknesses in banking industry
Low financial intermediation in Ghana, where only 6 percent of adults accessed a loan in the past year
06/25/2013
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
06/25/2013
Obama eyes Africa economic boom
The US president will embark on Wednesday on his most important trip to the continent
06/24/2013
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