01/16/2020
But the region’s economies must do more work to ensure the benefits of portfolio inflows while securing more stable and growth-friendly foreign direct investment, our research shows.
01/15/2020
Neither can the pension funds invest in banks that do not pay dividends, while investing in foreign assets requires an “almost presidential level of approval”.
01/15/2020
The move, he said, is expected to increase opportunities for KenyaRe to leverage and eventually maximise on long-term shareholder value.
01/14/2020
This is the first such expansion since 2011 and will take the number of members to 63.
01/14/2020
In the same month, Capitec head of risk management Nkosana Mashiya sold almost R13 million in Capitec shares.
01/13/2020
IQ-EQ has been appointed by Centum Capital, a Nairobi-based private equity manager, to support the launch of Centum Capital Fund II in 2020.
01/13/2020
Nagtegaal says insurers have been experimenting with drones for about five years.
01/10/2020
Which funds stand out over the long term?
01/09/2020
The African Guarantee Fund is focused on its goal to provide financial guarantees for over 10,000 SMEs annually through partner financial institutions and as a trickledown effect, create 30,000 jobs per year.
01/09/2020
The bank also ranked third on the African level, and seventh in the Middle East in terms of syndicated loans.
01/09/2020
The African Guarantee Fund is focused on its goal to provide financial guarantees for over 10,000 SMEs annually through partner financial institutions and as a trickledown effect, create 30,000 jobs per year.
01/08/2020
Safaricom ended 2019 with an annual capitalisation gain of 42 percent
01/07/2020
The evidence suggests that the response of 'Team Ramaphosa' has hitherto been high on aspirations, good intentions and rhetoric but low on substantive policies.
01/07/2020
The same week, OPay, the fintech platform from Opera (that is aggressively moving into the ride-hailing market across Nigeria with ORide) secured $120 million Series B investment from Chinese investors.
01/06/2020
The Kenyan-based bank has also developed cold feet on increasing its presence in the Tanzanian market
01/06/2020
In the financial year under review, the fund only earned 2.6% in investment returns, which was largely driven by performance of its investments on alternative assets like bonds and fixed income.
01/06/2020
Analysts say the additional domestic borrowing could increase the cost of bank deposits as lenders compete with the government for savings from high-net worth investors, denying bankers room to offer cheap loans to households and businesses.
01/06/2020
The banking industry has sufficient capital buffers to withstand shocks which include heightened tensions between US and Iran
01/06/2020
The prime minister said he considered these funds “important to reverse the current macro-economic reality,” of the country
01/02/2020
The two telecommunications giants boosted the market capitalisation by N3.265 trillion.