01/03/2021
Keyman Insurance could play a vital role in ensuring business continuity and profit sustainability in the Gulf region, especially during challenging environment, especially like the current Covid-19 crisis
12/31/2020
Economists at Allianz SE, Germany-based multinational financial services company
12/31/2020
The number of workers earning less than Sh30,000 has grown in last five years from 1.2 million workers to hit 1.34 million at end of last year, with the pay inequality wider among national government employees.
12/31/2020
Remittances are Kenya’s biggest foreign exchange source, ahead of tourism receipts, horticulture, tea and coffee exports.
12/30/2020
Emerging market watchers such as David Hauner at BofA are broadly positive on the results.
12/29/2020
Nigeria’s debt levels are much lower than those of its peers, and so an increase in the short term should not pit the government in danger.
12/27/2020
The tally of profit alerts, usually defined by earnings falling by 25 percent or more, is expected to increase in the coming weeks as firms prepare to announce their end year results.
12/27/2020
The emergence of new Islamic banks in the Philippines, Algeria, and Afghanistan as well as the development of new liquidity tools in the UK and Pakistan, aided the growth of the existing Islamic banking market.
12/24/2020
Payment technologies have the potential to open access to financial services for people from all walks of life, and can scale-up with organisations of all sizes.
12/24/2020
“The risks faced by businesses of all sizes, and across all sectors, are more complex and integrated than ever. It’s not just about the risk of property, assets, casualty or liability that most of us are familiar with, but risks that touch eve
12/23/2020
Nedbank Group is a pretty big company. It has a market capitalization of R65b.
12/18/2020
The immediate potential threat to companies’ cash flow cycles lies in further lockdowns when supply chains are frozen again
12/17/2020
Africa must risk capital for its youth, Adesina urges
Adesina engaged in discussion which covered three areas: the current state of affairs with respect to COVID-19 and climate change, stimulus policies and recovery, and the role of the private sector in terms of recovery
12/17/2020
The Future of Work
From remote to hybrid
12/17/2020
Nigeria’s private sector credit to GDP jumps to 13%
Nigeria’s private sector credit to GDP ratio rose to 13.5% as of the third quarter of 2020
12/17/2020
Unity Bank Nigeria Plc projects profit of N312 million in Q1 2021
Unity Bank Nigeria Plc has projected a Profit After Tax of N312 million for Q1 2021.
12/14/2020
Speaking at an HSBC conference at the end of November, Cassim said that many central banks, particularly in advanced economies, had to largely resort to quantitative easing (QE) with ‘speed and vigour’ to stimulate their economies.
12/14/2020
“The group’s common equity tier 1 ratio was 13.2 percent at the end of September, up from 12.6 percent at the end of June.”
12/14/2020
Three-month electronic payment was N319.995tn
12/14/2020
The decline in net wealth can be ascribed to a decrease in the real value of households’ pension funds and investments, the researchers said.