10/30/2014
The collapse of African Bank in August spooked investors in unit trusts, with the Association for Savings and Investment SA on Wednesday reporting the first decrease in total assets under management for the industry since the 2009 financial crisis.
10/28/2014
On the first day of the joint trip, the World Bank Group announced a major new financial pledge of $1.8 billion for cross-border activities in a Horn of Africa Initiative that will boost economic growth and opportunity, reduce poverty, and spur business a
10/24/2014
Kenya may sell more debt for infrastructure after demand for the bonds on sale this month was more than double the amount offered
10/24/2014
Mozambique’s Banco Nacional de Investimentos intends to set up a unit by year-end to act as a venture-capital investor in small businesses judged to have the potential to thrive as the country becomes a major gas exporter.
10/23/2014
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Maroclear, the Moroccan Central Securities Depositary (CSD) today announced they have signed a cooperation agreement to expand the range of services LSEG provides to market participants in Morocco.
10/22/2014
Close to $700 million secured for offshore lending to local companies is lying idle with only one percent of the package having been utilised since its approval in the first quarter of the year.
10/22/2014
Aditya Birla Financial Services Group, the financial services arm of the Aditya Birla Group, said on Tuesday that it had signed an agreement to form a health insurance joint venture with MMI Holdings of South Africa.
10/21/2014
A target deal size of around $700 million means that opportunities for CVC to invest have so far been limited
10/20/2014
In spite of a softer macroeconomic environment, Ghana’s banking sector is in good health, thanks to an increase in assets and strong capital ratios
10/20/2014
Even the term emerging markets is no longer an appropriate catch-all when it includes economies as different as China and Russia, or South Korea and South Africa.
10/20/2014
he popularity of public-private partnerships to support infrastructure development in emerging countries is growing worldwide.
10/16/2014
Despite its sluggish economy, the country offers attractive stock picks from a corporate sector whose earnings have outpaced GDP growth.
10/14/2014
Currently Namibia runs a single local bourse, the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) based in Windhoek.
10/14/2014
InvestmentOne Financial Services Limited, a financial services group has expanded its operations with the acquisition of Kakawa Asset Management Ltd (KAML), a former subsidiary of Kakawa Discount House Limited.
10/14/2014
We have already seen devastating floods in the north of the country and droughts in the east. Landslides have destroyed homes and our unique ecosystems and biodiversity are under threat.
10/12/2014
China is Zimbabwe’s third largest trading partner after South Africa and the European Union, and until recently was the biggest buyer of its tobacco. In 2013, trade between China and Zimbabwe amounted to $1.1 billion.
10/12/2014
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a EUR 10 million equity investment in the African compartment of the Moringa Private Equity Fund.
10/10/2014
Among the partners are the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), manager of the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) and 26 others, including governments.
10/09/2014
All the Kenyan farmers have shifted to making barley because brewers are paying higher prices for what makes beer.
10/09/2014
Global elite law firm establishes presence South Africa
Johannesburg has become a key hub for local and international banks