Managers of Wealth Africa

A bank in every pocket [Opinion]

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.

Challenges for South Africa include an exodus of skilled people

“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

Is Nedbank Group Limited (JSE:NED) Popular Amongst Institutions?

Nedbank Group is a pretty big company. It has a market capitalization of R65b.

SA’s businesses have good reserves of resilience to call on

The immediate potential threat to companies’ cash flow cycles lies in further lockdowns when supply chains are frozen again

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

The Future of Work

From remote to hybrid

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

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.

South Africa still has room to move before it looks at printing money

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.

Banking sector remains viable despite Covid-19 bloodbath

“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.”

Banks’ credit assets hit N19.5tn as NPLs decline

Three-month electronic payment was N319.995tn

South Africans are poorer after lockdown, data shows

The decline in net wealth can be ascribed to a decrease in the real value of households’ pension funds and investments, the researchers said.

Women and Tech: Still a love-hate relationship?

Anie Akpe next emphasised on the wide prevalence of certain cultural norms in Africa that have been the obstacles restricting women from aspiring to be ambitious.

How to reignite Africa’s growth and avoid the need for future debt jubilee

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.

Nobel Week Dialogue: Africa’s recovery from COVID-19 will depend on its ability to mobilize resources - Adesina

Nobel Dialogue Week 2020 featured an international array of experts and leaders

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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