Managers of Wealth Africa

Uganda ready to welcome Qatar’s Islamic banks

The minister said that Uganda is also inviting Qatari investment to extract its untapped crude oil

JSE’s first Africa-focused ETF makes its debut

An exchange-traded fund offering 50 African blue-chip companies outside SA has begun trading on the local bourse.

Moroccan King urges Arab financial groups to boost development funding

He said regional and international financial and economic turmoil, including decline of oil prices, have affected the Arab economies.

Uganda: Reforms - Will Pensioners Benefit From NSSF's Loss of Monopoly?

One of the key ingredients is for regulation of voluntary saving schemes in the informal sector and also removing the minimum of the five employees provision for the employer to start contributing.

A Big Bond for Africa

It is also the only way to create sufficient good jobs for Africa's burgeoning youth population the fastest growing in the world.

Boost for crowdfunded businesses in South Africa

Kenya was the only African country ahead of it with $16.7-million raised.

Discounts lure buyers to South African bank stocks amid political upheaval

Valuations of the country’s banks have plunged to 10 times historical earnings

Diamond Bank CEO Urges European Investors to Focus on Africa

Yes, there are risks associated with investing in Africa but then business is all about taking risks

Algeria Struggles to Catch up with Neighbors on Islamic Finance

On the footsteps of Morocco, six Algerian state-owned banks are planning to launch Islamic finance services by the end of 2018 under the supervision of a national sharia board, Reuters learned.

Luxury British car brand Bentley launches in Kenya

The move expands Multiple’s presence in the new luxury car market, which it entered in 2014 with the Porsche brand.

CA approves Fleming takeover

CA said it had unconditionally approved the proposed acquisition

Cytonn Investments sees more consolidations in banking sector

This means most banks have attracted a higher price than what is being carried in their books.

Qatar, S Africa firm up strategic partnership QNA

The past few years witnessed a noticeable progress in relations between Qatar and South Africa that saw diversity in the fields of trade.

IPOs In Africa

It may also show the comparative weaknesses in other markets on the African continent.

Russian EXIM bank to invest $ 50m in Ghana

The investment is also to deepen the long-standing relationship between the two countries.

Nigeria ‘can easily get loans’, says Moody’s Investors Service

As long as it is project-based lending, lenders such as the African Development Bank and World Bank will set up

African Business Connect Launched in Tanzania

We are encouraged by the Moroccan firms while seeking to open large partnerships in a winwin context.

Africa’s premier infrastructure investment bank

The lack of infrastructure also impacts heavily on mining developments whose viability is often determined to a large extent by logistics and power availability.

Dual currency funding absorbs liquidity shocks in African real estate market

This is no more apparent than in Africa’s rapidly growing real estate sector where shortages of hard currency remain a real and persistent operational challenge

Kenya’s budget paves way for Islamic finance

Amendments to the Public Finance Management Act will also allow the government to issue Islamic bonds, or sukuk, as an alternative funding source.

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