07/02/2015
As well as President Ouattara, the West African launch was attended by Nigerian Vice-President Yemi Osibajo and the Prime Ministers of Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Mali, Niger and Togo.
07/01/2015
A consortium of leading South African banks together with the Public Investment Corporation has made an offer for African Bank Investment Limited insurance subsidiary Stangen
07/01/2015
Edcon Holdings Ltd. has to choose between spending the little money it has or not paying a $31 million coupon due on Tuesday as it seeks to restructure borrowings.
07/01/2015
Consortium plans to build 20 schools in Africa and raise money for expansion
06/29/2015
Top international insurance firms, among them, Liberty Group of South Africa and Prudential Life Company of UK are at advanced stages in their push to enter the Nigerian insurance market, BusinessDay investigations show.
06/28/2015
South African companies are muscling their way into the UK private hospital market, underscored by Mediclinic's R8.6-billion purchase of 29% of Britain's second-largest private-hospital owner, Spire Healthcare.
06/26/2015
Start-ups in Africa often complain about banks being unwilling to lend. In the absence of loans, small businesses often fund themselves through savings and capital from friends and family.
06/26/2015
Vital Capital Investments is planning to launch a $500 million investment fund that will invest in African companies.
06/25/2015
FIRSTRAND stock has more than tripled in five years, outpacing its competitors among SA’s largest banks. That is one reason for the company’s new CEO not to reinvent strategy when he takes over in October.
06/25/2015
Kenyan and international officials inked an agreement on 24 June intended to boost regional and international trade.
06/24/2015
The business has its head office in Cape Town and has a major presence in Johannesburg
06/22/2015
AGRI BUSINESS specialist Zeder, which is controlled by investment house PSG, has wooed the World Bank-aligned International Finance Corporation as a strategic equity partner for its fledgling Zambian-based operations.
06/19/2015
Billionaire investor teams up with Ibrahim for African Private-Equity deals
He built mobile phone company Celtel to operate in African countries
06/19/2015
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has extended its multimillion multi-phased Horn of Africa drought resilience programme with a US $16-million soft loan to Djibouti and a US $14-million grant to Sudan.
06/18/2015
The CEO of Shree Property Holdings, Mr Pran Shree, underlined that he chose to invest in the Smart City Project as Mauritius is the perfect platform
06/18/2015
Zambis Development Agency says there is need to accelerate cross-Africa investments for the continent to achieve meaningful development
06/18/2015
A businessman residing in Kaduna State, Mukaila B. Hamza has emerged the first winner of one million naira in the Skye Bank’s ‘Reach for the Skye Millionaire Reward’ scheme.
06/18/2015
South African savers are playing their part – in a very small way – in helping to keep the country’s lights on and the freeways moving.
06/18/2015
Dangote feels that the oil refinery which he is building in Nigeria will give the funds necessary to complete the takeover of the London based club.
06/17/2015
Old Mutual says it has received all regulatory approvals for the acquisition of a further 37.3 per cent of UAP Holdings