05/31/2019
The matter of taking assets offshore, and investing in carefully structured portfolios and products is not a reaction to, or the result of, lack of faith in South Africa’s economic stability, nor the ability of its local bourse to generate returns i
05/30/2019
The East African nation has multiple development funding programs, worth billions of dollars, with the Washington-based lender, but for years the funding bypassed the Treasury and is usually channeled straight into the projects.
05/29/2019
As one of the better known, investable African equity markets, anyone who tried their luck with the Global X Nigeria (NGE) exchange-traded fund is down 27.7% over the last 12 months.
05/29/2019
Insurance companies shared a total of US$135million (Ush500billion) in general insurance or non-life and US$59million (Ush217billion) from life insurance premiums, with major contribution attributed to bancassurance.
05/29/2019
While only nine deals have been completed by South African investors so far this year, there are still a number of firms and companies to watch.
05/29/2019
They stand to be proved wrong. Evidence of malfeasance is piling up.
05/29/2019
TDB will use the proceeds to provide its customers in Sub-Saharan Africa with funds for the import of machinery and equipment from Japanese companies and their overseas affiliates.
05/28/2019
The Ivory Coast fell to fourth place in 2018, after it were second behind Egypt in 2017 and the first in 2016.
05/28/2019
Admits he’s in the dark about what happens next
05/28/2019
Pension Asset Growth Dwarfs GDP Growth: The Q1 2019 growth in pension assets as noted above, is more than twice the GDP growth recorded by the Nigerian economy in the first quarter of 2019.
05/28/2019
The Privatisation Commission had hired a consortium led by PKF Consulting Ltd to help the bank with its internal restructuring.
05/23/2019
The company’s retail investors were diluted 95 per cent besides their number of shares being reduced by a factor of four as part of efforts to rescue the airline from collapse.
05/23/2019
The Treasury will allocate Sh37.4 million starting July for renovation of the building
05/23/2019
In accounting terms, a bargain purchase gain arises when assets of a particular entity are acquired for a cost that is less than what its assets can fetch when sold at open market.
05/23/2019
The Government of Jersey is also aware of the potential and actively working to build links.
05/22/2019
The second roll will involve 10,000 traders who will be registered by Stawi agents during the second round of tests for the app.
05/22/2019
"Africa is rising, yes, but it's also 54 countries, so what that really means is 54 different challenges,"
05/22/2019
“Insurance products are not readily adopted, owing to a number of reasons ranging from economic challenges, lack of access to insurance services and negative cultural perception of insurance, amongst others,”
05/22/2019
About 19.1 percent of women were unemployed compared to 16.3 percent for men.
05/22/2019
Investors usually do not mind a challenge, but they have no affinity for uncertainty.