02/06/2015
As Ivory Coast prepares to sell sub-Saharan Africa’s first Eurobond of 2015, the strengthening dollar risks curbing issuance across the continent as debt payments for governments grow more expensive.
02/06/2015
Investec Asset Management has extended its relationship with State Street corporation for another seven years
02/06/2015
Global banking and financial services company, Commerzbank AG, has announced the opening of a representative office in Abidjan, the commercial hub of Ivory Coast
02/05/2015
THE South African National Roads Agency Limited, which on Wednesday failed to raise the R600m it needed at its first bond auction for the year
02/05/2015
Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa, and with the most exciting speed and scale of growth.
02/05/2015
South Africa’s first Bitcoin conference has been set for April, with the organisers encouraging entrepreneurs to attend and learn about the opportunities Bitcoin presents for startups.
02/05/2015
Rand Merchant Bank, a division of First Rand Bank Limited in South Africa, will by June this year expand its presence in West Africa by opening a division in Ghana, the region’s second largest economy.
02/03/2015
Swiss Hotel To Start West African Expansion Scheme In Nigeria
Globally recognized hospitality group Swiss International Hotels, has announced plans to expand its hotel chain and management company
02/03/2015
Pensions are big in Africa — surprisingly so
02/03/2015
The government expects growth of 10 percent as it invests in infrastructure including highways and bridges and expands its ports
02/02/2015
Luxury watches draw Africa’s spenders to SA
SA’s emergence as Africa’s luxury hub has seen the continent’s big spenders splash out on "super-luxury" watches.
02/02/2015
UK Trade & Investment Office opens in Mauritius
The British High Commission announced that the United Kingdom Trade and Investment Department (UKTI) opened in Mauritius on 27 January 2015.
02/02/2015
Polish-African trade boosted by 'GoAfrica' drive
Since its creation the initiative has organized 38 promotional events
01/31/2015
African nations plan to target more private investment in key regional projects to help address a lack of infrastructure that’s curbing growth and regional integration
01/30/2015
China is tipped to expand the RQFII programme to up to 10 more cities this year and may approve additional quotas of up to Rmb200 billion, predicted Standard Charterd's Becky Liu.
01/30/2015
Daniels has been quietly building an impressive record for the Aim-listed Africa Opportunity Fund (code: AOF) from his small, comfortable office in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg
01/30/2015
Turner & Townsend will support renovations to the existing building
01/30/2015
We see opportunities to further grow our African equities, fixed-income and derivative dealing capability
01/28/2015
Acquisitive opportunities for Old Mutual Emerging Markets (OMEM) on the African continent are hard to find and now more likely to come from West Africa than East Africa
01/28/2015
The government has been trying to use infrastructure expenditure as the trigger to lift SA’s economy