12/09/2020
Lenders see credit growth on surging demand for loans
In the CBK survey, however, large banks were less optimist in lending, projecting a growth of 6.5 per cent. These lenders control the lion’s share of the credit market.
Comment, Analysis & Research
12/09/2020
Global Islamic Finance Assets Expected to Hit $ 3.69 trillion in 2024
Islamic finance assets increased 14 percent to US$ 2.88 trillion in 2019, the highest recorded growth for the industry since the global financial crisis
12/08/2020
As Ghana heads to the polls, What's to expect of the 2020 election ?
In terms of the efficiency, in terms of compilation of the register and following the procedures, they have even published the voters register for the first time on their website
12/08/2020
Saxo Bank 2021 Outrageous Predictions: The Future is Now
With a shared ledger structure, any content alterations would immediately be visible to everyone, and every news item is always traceable to its original source, suppressing misinformation that other sources can’t verify.
12/08/2020
Startups: go local first, or head offshore? [Opinion]
On the one hand, South Africa still has great infrastructure and offers the potential to be one of the highest growth markets in the world.
12/04/2020
President’s Remarks at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Africa Economic Zones Organization (AEZO) December 3, 2020
The African Development Bank has been very responsive in supporting countries to address the pandemic in Africa
12/04/2020
Private companies growth slowest in five months
“Reintroduced curfew measures meanwhile led to a drop in client demand at some businesses, while lockdowns in Europe curtailed growth in foreign new orders.”
12/04/2020
Survey Shows Acceleration of Sustainable Investing
The survey gathered insights from 425 investors in 27 countries
12/04/2020
In Post Pandemic, Business that will stand out and survive are those that are able to innovate at speed of thought – CEO Okonkwo
Its current CEO Nnamdi Okonkwo, who has occupied his role since 2014, will be handing over the reins to Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, who will join a short but illustrious list of women at the top of African banks.
12/03/2020
Banks worried about another lockdown in South Africa
For Standard Bank Group Ltd., the continent’s largest bank, the rollout of vaccines could take time and the risk of “pandemic fatigue” may cause safety lapses during the holidays.
12/03/2020
Charts Showing Ghana’s Banks Are Rebounding Slower Than Economy
Annual credit expansion slowed to 13.7% in October, the lowest since January 2019.
12/02/2020
Fitch Ratings Sees Gradual Recovery for African Banks in 2021
Such flexibility will not be afforded to consumer and SME loans and these segments will drive higher impaired loans over the longer term.
12/02/2020
Financial services brands foster a community spirit to drive innovation (By Nikolai Stankau)
Open source enables organizations to innovate faster and offers a level of flexibility and agility that would have been difficult to achieve if they were solely reliant on proprietary software
11/27/2020
How the Super-rich Will Be Spending Their Money as Wealth Trends Fluctuate
A recent report by New World Wealth anticipates a move away from commercial airlines and towards private jets.
11/27/2020
SA banks have navigated the coronavirus crisis commendably thus far – Jeremy Gorven
Although impairments may remain high for some time, bank returns may begin to stabilise and improve amidst increasing activity, improved efficiency and an impairment peak.
11/27/2020
South Africa downgrades leave banks losing war of attrition
South African banks, especially Capitec, are now too expensive, Hollingworth argues in analysis published on Smart Karma.
11/27/2020
A green light for economies
No government can ignore the environment anymore. Instead, all their major decisions – from taxes to subsidies and more – will now have to have a global green economy at their heart.
11/26/2020
Axis of inequality: how black women are kept at the bottom of the economy
A new Oxfam report reveals the huge income, race, class, education, gender and unemployment inequities black women face in this country.
11/26/2020
Ghana's banking sector remains highly liquid – BoG Governor
This was attributed to the lower-than-projected inflows from FDIs and portfolio investments.
11/25/2020
2020’s Ten Most Influential startups in Africa: Flutterwave
During the lockdown, Flutterwave helped launch Ubbercash and just yesterday, they announced the launch of their payment protection promise, a new policy that protects customers when shopping online and dealing with merchants on its payment platform.