07/11/2017
Tracing the money from mergers and acquisition
Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and China’s Construction Bank were the big suited boys in these transactions, who smiled all the way to the bank.
Investment Banking
07/11/2017
The day Kenyans dug out cash to receive first bank
Barclays was the first bank to dock there.
07/10/2017
The European Investment Bank offers advice for venture capital in Africa
As Germany uses the G-20 to push private investment, Muent acknowledged that the need for development financial institutions such as EIB will remain.
07/06/2017
Investment banking fees reach four-year high on the sub-continent
Citi earned the most investment banking fees during the first half of 2017
07/06/2017
Standard Bank’s Kenny Fihla
Parastatals are crucial to SA’s development and will continue to receive backing as long as they are solid and well run.
07/03/2017
Mega project financing in Africa still a major challenge
A shortage of available people who possess needed technical skills.
07/03/2017
Intra-Africa trade receives financial boost
The MoU provides for collaboration between Afreximbank and Dangote Industries in respect to proposed funding of transactions.
07/03/2017
West Africa’s Green Investment platform launched
The meeting was aimed at promoting private sector finance and investment opportunities in the energy sector in the West Africa region.
07/03/2017
The biggest loser in the first half was… Goldman Sachs
Analysis of investment banking revenues in Emea makes for uncomfortable reading for the residents of Peterborough Court
06/29/2017
Standard bank launched Africa China Banking centre
He said their primary communication platform will be WeChat because Chinese people are quite addicted to it.
06/28/2017
Moroccan Bank Expresses Interest in Bank of Kigali
We do not have a time line, they have only expressed interest.
06/27/2017
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Is No. 1 on Institutional Investor's EMEA Research Team Ranking of the Region's Best-Sell Side Analysts
Nine firms tie for 14th place - five of which are new to the Leader board this year.
06/27/2017
Capitec ranked as the best bank in the world
The group stressed that it does not only look at financials and ratios.
06/27/2017
AfDB Calls On Credit Providers to Increase Lending to Meet Demand By African Msmes
The entrepreneurial culture is vibrant with about 80% of Africans viewing entrepreneurship as a good career opportunity.
06/26/2017
Afreximbank raises $750m in euro note for Nigeria, other borrowers
In the end, 39 per cent of the allocation went to continental Europe, 28 per cent to the United Kingdom, 19 per cent to Asia, and 7 per cent each to the Middle East and Africa and the United States offshore.
06/17/2017
Standard Bank predicts uptick in economic growth in latest African Markets Revealed report
Standard Bank doubts that a resurgence of commodity prices will prove to be a palliative for commodity-producing countries on the continent.
06/15/2017
IFC in talks to attract new infrastructure investment in Burkina Faso
Talks aimed at attracting investors to support a range of potential infrastructure projects in Burkina Faso have been held between the country’s government and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC).
06/15/2017
Government appoints Fidelity and Standard Chartered Bank as lead Managers
The ESLA SPV is expected to issue bond(s) to the tune of about GH¢10 billion, being the total estimated legacy debt within the energy sector.
06/14/2017
StanChart shores up lending to Southern African DFIs
The facility will be utilised for onlending to support investment in key infrastructure and development projects on the continent.
06/12/2017
Afreximbank signs deal with Development Bank of Belarus to boost Africa-Belarus trade ties
They are needed to boost mutual trade between our countries.