05/22/2015
Sanlam will pay $11.6 million for the stake in Masawara Investments Mauritius Limited, which runs a life and short-term insurance and asset management business. MIM is a unit of AIM-listed Masawara Plc
05/21/2015
The bank intends to raise KES 10 billion ($10.3 million) from the first tranche with a Green Shoe Option of KES 2 billion.
05/19/2015
BitPesa’s service allows anyone to send money to any Tanzanian phone number and charges a flat 3 percent on all its transfers. The service also promises the money will arrive instantly.
05/18/2015
Standard Chartered Bank Botswana and Botswana Insurance Company (BIC) have formed a partnership aimed at providing the bank's clients with general insurance products
05/18/2015
Increased interest in West African oil from European countries has made London a center for oil Tycoons from Nigeria and other countries in the region to reach and meet their clients. They use London as their base to travel on to other European markets.
05/18/2015
Only entrepreneurship can create opportunity where none seemingly exists
05/15/2015
FTSE Group, the global index provider has developed the FTSE Nigeria Investable Pension Fund Benchmark
05/15/2015
The GFF consists of financing from the GFF Trust Fund (currently funded at $800 million), the Bank’s International Development Assistance, and the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development.
05/15/2015
Our partnership is a symbiotic relationship
05/14/2015
Old Mutual Plc is setting up a new fund for investments in African infrastructure including toll roads and power plants as part of a joint venture with Macquarie Group Ltd.
05/14/2015
The acquisitions increased the number of Pivotal’s properties to 40 from 33 making up of retail and office properties
05/13/2015
The Public Investment Corp., Africa’s largest fund manager, sold shares in Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. held through its Isibaya fund to a black-owned group
05/13/2015
The London-listed company said it did not know who voted against the former Barclays chief executive.
05/11/2015
South Africa’s trade relationship with Mauritania is at about R400 million and is characterised by a big imbalance in favour of South Africa.
05/11/2015
Oil executives say production will start in 2018 at the earliest
05/11/2015
The local capital market is set to witness fresh capital injection with the planned dual listing of companies in Nairobi and London bourses.
05/11/2015
The offer price for each share will be determined in a bookbuild process run by FirstRand's investment bank unit
05/08/2015
Until recently, funds had avoided investing in roads, railroads and ports
05/07/2015
UAE-Sudan Investment Forum to highlight opportunities in Sudan
05/06/2015
The firm employs 25 investment professionals, organised into individual strategy-specific teams.