Managers of Wealth Africa

Polish-African trade boosted by 'GoAfrica' drive

Since its creation the initiative has organized 38 promotional events

African Union Seeks Investors for Infrastructure Repairs

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

RQFII quota tipped for Dubai, Africa, LatAm

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.

Alternative Investment Market stars: Francis Daniels – Africa’s best stock-picker? Best of BizNews

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

Grant Thornton picks T&T for Joburg office

Turner & Townsend will support renovations to the existing building

Avior buys Noah Capital Markets

We see opportunities to further grow our African equities, fixed-income and derivative dealing capability

Africa investment opportunities hard to find – Old Mutual

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

Bad omen as capital spending halves

The government has been trying to use infrastructure expenditure as the trigger to lift SA’s economy

Nigeria: Regulatory body approves N52 billion right issue for Nigerian bank

The capital raising falls in line with Access Bank’s five-year corporate strategy plan to be one of the top three banks in the country and the “world’s most respected African bank.

Former Head of South African Pension Fund Starts Investment Firm

John Oliphant, who left as principal executive officer of South Africa’s Government Employees Pension Fund after a year-long suspension, has started Gaia Investment Partners to benefit from African infrastructure projects.

Tony Elumelu Says Democracy Is Good For Business

A highlight of this discussion is that “democracy is good for business”.

Insurers, PFAs Urged to Invest More in Capital Market

Chairman, Issuing Houses of Nigeria, Mr. Victor Ogiemwonyi

Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers Emerges Best Dealing Member of the NSE

The Nigerian Stock Exchange has named Stanbic IBTC Stockbrokers Limited, a member of the Stanbic IBTC Group, as the leading market operator in the Nigerian capital market.

UBA to Expand Operations to Angola, South Africa

Nigeria is struggling to cope with crude prices that plunged by more than half in the past six months

Old Mutual takes up 23% in UAP Kenya

Listed on the London and Johannesburg stock eachanges, Old Mutual is looking at growing customer numbers in Africa

Gulf Keystone gets new number cruncher

The revamp of Gulf Keystone's (GKP) management team is complete with the appointment of Sami Zouari as chief financial officer

IMF suggests safety net for SA’s banks

Deposit insurance has been on the cards in SA for more than a decade but has yet to be introduced, possibly because of the costs involved.

Standard Bank: Uniting Africa through football

Standard Bank is the only African organisation to be a sponsor of CAF the only commercialised pan-African sponsorship property providing opportunity to leverage a sponsorship

Standard Bank Mozambique finances investments of US$500 million in 2014

Noting some of the biggest investment projects supported, Standard Bank Mozambique referenced the expansion of the Sena railway line in the centre of the country

China agrees to boost infrastructure investment in Kenya

China and Kenya have agreed to extend their ‘industrialisation partnership’ with a new focus on technology transfer and more Chinese involvement in infrastructure development.

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