10/28/2020
Their upcoming entrepreneurship bootcamp, organised in partnership with SAS, is designed to educate and support young founders and innovators in using programming to create viable business ventures.
10/28/2020
“We’re going to look at increasing the canvas for the bank compared to where we are now,” Naveed Kamal, chairman of EMEA EM corporate banking, said in an interview.
10/27/2020
Diaspora inflows up Sh18bn despite pandemic shocks
The World Bank’s forecast in April was largely based on assumption that migrant workers will be hardest hit by job losses and pay cuts across the globe because of economic fallout as a result of coronavirus pandemic.
10/27/2020
213 companies vie for honours at 2020 Ghana Business Awards
Organizers of the Ghana Business Awards (GBA), Globe Productions have announced the commencement of processes towards the year’s Ghana Business Awards. This is in partnership Ministry of Business Development, Graphic Business, Nobel International B
10/27/2020
Mauritius Introduces Premium Travel Visa for Long Stays
An online platform for the e-Visa application will be available shortly.
10/27/2020
Minister Padayachy pointed out that the economy suffered from the national lockdown which resulted in a contraction of 15 % of our GDP in March-May and 32,5% in April-June compared to the same period last year.
10/26/2020
Co-op Bank to focus on local expansion
Mr Muriuki said that Co-op Bank’s recent acquisition of Jamii Bora Bank is part of the ongoing local expansion, adding that the new subsidiary is expected to return to profitability from next year.
10/26/2020
Minister set to detail spending and revenue adjustments
10/26/2020
Companies that have submitted their results included United Capital Plc, Africa Prudential Plc, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria Plc, NCR Nigeria, Unilever Nigeria, Chemical and Allied Products (CAP) and Austin Laz and Company.
10/26/2020
‘Over the last four years…we’ve been negative on SA companies’: Danesh Ranchhod from Franklin Templeton Investments.
10/25/2020
To grow, preserve and diversify wealth.
10/25/2020
The VFEX is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) and will trade solely in foreign currency targeting mining companies in Zimbabwe and the Africa continent, before expanding across the globe.
10/23/2020
South Africa has a wealth of organisations that are involved in the education space and philanthropy recognises that until we fix education, most progress is hindered.
10/23/2020
The government in 2017 hinted it will establish a national development bank in the country.
10/23/2020
Chief executive Johnson Oltetia said the state-backed lender will piggy-back on AfDB’s top credit rating (AAA) with a stable outlook in the debut cash call, and thereafter build its own reputation among investors.
10/23/2020
It was part of a plan to diversify away from South Africa, which accounts for most of its earnings, as the economy struggles a recession, high unemployment and corruption.
10/23/2020
Gross earnings was N2.63bn, compared to N2.90bn in Q3 2019, a nine per cent year-on-year decline.
10/22/2020
“What many insurance firms are doing now is to divest from where they had invested money, such as in Treasury bonds, to meet obligations of increased withdrawal requests for pensions and surrenders from life products.”
10/22/2020
The pension funds especially want to leverage their long-term funding model for the projects through the government’s public private partnership (PPP) model.
10/22/2020
Financial literacy is a key component to improving individual financial behaviour, preventing over-indebtedness and ensuring overall financial resilience.