12/10/2020
Both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) forecast a sharp decline in aggregate growth because of the global health crisis.
12/10/2020
Nobel Dialogue Week 2020 featured an international array of experts and leaders
12/09/2020
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.
12/09/2020
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
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
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
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
The African Development Bank has been very responsive in supporting countries to address the pandemic in Africa
12/04/2020
“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
The survey gathered insights from 425 investors in 27 countries
12/04/2020
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
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
Annual credit expansion slowed to 13.7% in October, the lowest since January 2019.
12/02/2020
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
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
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
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
A new Oxfam report reveals the huge income, race, class, education, gender and unemployment inequities black women face in this country.