Managers of Wealth Africa

Standard Bank prepares for R60M class action lawsuit

Banking giants FNB, Absa, Nedbank and Standard Bank could soon face the R60 billion class action lawsuit for selling distressed properties at a fraction of their cost.

South Africa’s competition watchdog probes high data costs

Analysts say the small pool of service providers, combined with slow implementation of policy by government and insufficient infrastructure have hampered competition.

Hogan Lovells flexes financial muscles

Hogan Lovells was involved, in July, in advising Proparco, a subsidiary of the Agence Française de Développement, in relation to a trade finance loan facilitation programme worth USD 50 million for pan-African banking group Ecobank.

Stock broker charged with Sh47m fraud

According to Kestrel Capital investigators, the theft was allegedly executed between 2013 and 2015.

South Africa’s Gupta firms sue Bank of Baroda to try stop account closures

No other bank has agreed to offer them alternative banking services.

Bell Pottinger summoned before disciplinary committee over South Africa

PR agency Bell Pottinger will face the public relations and communications association (PRCA) disciplinary committee over charges stemming from its work in South Africa.

Governor sets up committee to probe missing pension funds

The misappropriation of the benefits of workers who have worked hard and saved for the rainy days.

TSA breach: FG withdraws suit against seven banks

Chuka Obiozor, a judge of the federal high court, Lagos, had earlier ordered the banks to remit the various amounts allegedly kept in their custody to the designated CBN

Nigeria seizes ex-oil minister's luxury apartments

She is currently on police bail in London after being arrested

Appleby successfully appears before the Mauritius Industrial Court in its historic order of USD 3,000 as security for costs

Appleby appeared for the defendant in the Van Hoeken case and was represented by Sharmilla Bhima (Counsel) and Dushyant Ramdhur (Senior Associate).

Law must take its course on SME Bank directors

True information only came to the fore after the executives were subpoenaed to make statements by the NPA.

South Africans flock to Portugal thanks to a new lower investment threshold

According to Portuguese Immigration Service statistics, from October 2012 to the end of April 2017, total investment brought to Portugal by the Golden Visa Programme surpassed three billion euro.

A Legal Guide for Business Investment and Expansion: Ghana

The GIPC is the main government agency responsible for the encouragement and promotion of investment in Ghana.

Panama Papers: EFCC targets indicted Nigerians

The objective is to cover the tracks of such people said to include two serving governors, some ex-governors, Senators and a powerful Northern Emirate kingmaker.

Do you need a separate will for your offshore assets?

Navigating the minefield of international estate planning.

Group Five board shake-up: the legal framework for shareholder activism in South Africa - ENS Africa

This example of shareholder activism by Allan Gray demonstrates that shareholders have the legal tools available to hold directors to account.

Two international law firms expand African presence

His experience includes regulatory matters in South Africa, the United States and other jurisdictions, such as the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act (FAIS) and Dodd-Frank.

Standard Chartered Bank fights to recover Sh500m from Singapore

Standard Chartered Bank landed in trouble after Kenya’s Vivo Energy disowned the order that saw the money transferred to Singapore’s Continental Energy Ltd.

Ghana Police Aiding Canadian In A US$4 Million Fraud?!!

Both officers were confronted in a separated telephone conversation by the complainant’s representative who was at the court to hear the matter

U.S. Hunt for Nigeria Fraud Cash May Come Second to a Small Bank

Aluko wired about $49 million for the apartment and registered it in 2014 in the name of a shell company he controlled