02/11/2020
The rebrand is part of a continental wide move by its new parent Company, South Africa’s Barclays Africa Group Ltd, to revert to Absa Group Ltd after the exit of the British Barclays Plc from Africa.
02/07/2020
The Registrar of Companies in Mauritius has issued a practice direction relating to the disclosure of beneficial ownership by companies and any other entities such as partnerships and foundations.
02/07/2020
The association provides its members with a range of services and programs focused on education and training, best practices, networking, and advocacy.
02/07/2020
But in the history of the banking sector in this country, no banking institution has suffered as much mismanagement and corruption than the National Bank of Kenya.
02/07/2020
Now, for the first time, the spotlight has turned on some South African and international corporate giants with findings and recommendations compiled in book form by Open Secrets and Shadow World Investigations.
02/07/2020
Small-scale mining is booming, and new gold refineries are opening by the dozen, to process metal produced by informal diggers in Africa and beyond.
02/07/2020
On Thursday the practitioners announced the cancellation of all SAA's domestic routes apart from the popular Johannesburg to Cape Town flight.
02/07/2020
Stubborn inflation and currency pressures also limit monetary wiggle room in some economies.
02/07/2020
The MOU enables UBA, the only sub-Saharan African bank licensed to operate in the United States
02/06/2020
A first of its kind in Southern Africa, the Merchant Capital Advance certified as Shari’ah compliant by Standard Bank Shari’ah Banking, allows small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a point-of-sale device.
02/06/2020
This comprises Banks (Ghs11.7bn), Savings and Loans/Microfinance Institutions (Ghs2.4bn), Fund Managers (Ghs1.5bn) and Ghana Amalgamated Trust (GAT) (Ghs0.8m)
02/04/2020
There has been a gradual rise in the interest rates for short-term government securities, attributable to the fact that the Treasury is under pressure to meet its domestic borrowing target.
02/04/2020
The analysis highlights that the lack of skilled and qualified workforce and lesser investments in cybersecurity has made West African banks vulnerable to cyberattacks including bank card fraud, phishing, intrusions, etc.
02/04/2020
It cited an African cybersecurity study by Demadiur Systems Limited, which revealed that banks, insurance companies and government institutions in Nigeria spent an estimated sum of $270.22m in 2018 to prevent cyberattacks.
02/04/2020
Initial successes include significant cost reductions at the national oil company (NOC) Sonangol that have led to the government deciding to list up to 30 percent of the company
01/31/2020
They’ll be coming at the end of this quarter sometimes in February or March.
01/31/2020
The real impact of this is that thousands of students can continue their studies without having to worry about funding them.
01/30/2020
As a result, MSMEs in MENA have among the lowest levels of usage of bank loans in the world, the statement said.
01/30/2020
Yatani acknowledged the fact that the Government of Kenya and France continue to enjoy very solid development cooperation, economic and business relations spanning over decades and that Kenya is committed to sustaining the relationship.
01/30/2020
Overall inflation is expected to remain within the target range in the near term due to lower prices of fast-growing food items following the continuing rains, and lower electricity prices.