Managers of Wealth Africa

How declining interest rates, others drive a shift in Nigeria’s investment sector

It has been noted that the declining rates of interest have forced savers to turn to mutual funds.

Insurance industry shows resilience amid Covid-19

It said the top five companies that realised the growth were Santam, Hollard, Old Mutual Insure, Guardrisk and Renasa.

Asset managers need to check excessive executive pay

Executive remuneration in South Africa is untethered to any objective measure of fairness

Banking on Sustainability

A clear global trend has emerged in the last couple of years and Mauritius is now slowly but surely following the same trend – in other words, following the global transition towards sustainability-driven economies.

Managing the evolving compliance landscape facing multinationals

We take a closer look at the findings of the Global Business Complexity Index 2020

48% increase in number of South Africans enquiring about second citizenship

In terms of quarterly growth in the numbers of enquiries between Q1 and Q2 2020, the sharpest rise was seen in Nigeria.

Female employment in top Mena companies low but improving, JP Morgan says

Women form only 4% of total board members in the top 50 Mena companies compared to about 35% in an index of European listed companies

How SA’s Yellow plans to expand beyond energy provision after banking funding round

South African startup Yellow, which enables low income, rural households in Malawi and Uganda to access electricity through solar home systems on a financed basis, plans to move into other verticals after raising a US$3.3 million Series A funding round.

Long-term investment case for property in Africa remains intact

Article by Somaya Joshua, Head: Commercial Property Finance (Africa Regional Operations) at Absa.

3 types of corruption that have found their way into everyday life in South Africa

Speaking on the general level of corruption and its impact in the country, the group equated it to ‘World War 3’.

5 important things happening in South Africa today

In South Africa, there have been 1,346 new cases, taking the total reported to 663,282.

Banks Focused on Creating Conducive Platforms for Customers

You would recall that the restrictions meant banks had to prioritise branch openings, but we still needed to serve customers

South Africa’s average household wealth versus the world

Insurance and pensions reached a plus of 8.1%, mainly reflecting the rise of underlying assets, and bank deposits increased by 6.4%

How Japan is helping ease Kenya’s healthcare burden

So long before the current global public health crisis, Japan and Kenya have been collaborating for over 40 years to create and develop Kemri

Kenya headed to a public debt crisis

For a period of time now, many of us have raised concern about the terms and structure of Kenya's debt portfolio, but we have been dismissed by the Treasury as being alarmist for no reason.

Gipf Says Pension Money Is Safe

Namfisa said the law prohibits them from going into detail beyond announcing the deregistration of an entity.

Joining the quest for a just and impact-led recovery

While the world has been irreparably changed by Covid-19, our beliefs and values as a business stay the same.

72% of South African women are living in 'survival mode'

The survey was conducted by Sanlam and had a sample size of over 2 000 women across South Africa

Ethiopia Begins Circulation of New Currency

Banks had urged the government to demonetize, citing money circulating outside the banking system has worsened the liquidity problems banks are facing.

Kaspersky finds risky password trends in South Africa

South African users are also using unreliable and unsafe methods to store or remember passwords.

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