06/05/2014
Insurer Sanlam said on Tuesday that it was looking to bed down one or two more acquisitions before the end of this year after announcing that it had bought a 63% stake in Rwanda’s largest insurer, Soras Group, for R254m.
06/04/2014
We’ve sourced the top African real estate advisory team
06/03/2014
The Kingdom of Morocco has mandated BNP Paribas, Commerzbank and Natixis to arrange a series of fixed-income investor meetings in Europe commencing on June 6, according to a lead.
06/03/2014
Helios Investment Partners took a minority stake in Nigerian pension fund manager ARM Pension Managers PFA, a spokesman for Helios said. Under the agreement, funds managed by the Africa-focused, $2 billion private equity firm will acquire a minority stak
06/03/2014
Nigeria's pension industry has grown by more than 30% per year
06/03/2014
Events in Qatar, Dubai and Tunisia in the MENA region and in Ghana and Nigeria in sub Saharan Africa are on the agenda for June according to the IHS Banking Risk team.
06/02/2014
Cape Town's first skyscraper in 21 years will prompt the building of more iconic, high-rise developments in other inner cities.
05/30/2014
African Bank Investments Limited, the JSE’s worst-performing stock this month, is pitting South Africa’s largest hedge fund against some of the biggest investors.
05/29/2014
The terms of this agreement aim to develop a partnership
05/29/2014
The handing over of the president to the would-be coming president shows continuity and good corporate governance structure
05/29/2014
African Bank lost 52 percent of its market value this year
05/28/2014
Crowd-funding is usually made available to companies and investors through trusted third-party websites
05/27/2014
Prices are rising more quickly, climbing 6.1% in April
05/27/2014
Johannesburg-based Absa Bank Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Africa Group
05/26/2014
Capitalized with contributions from Germany and the United Kingdom, the agency’s newly created Bermuda-based specialist hybrid mutual Africa Risk Capacity Insurance Co. Ltd. is offering $135 million of coverage to the participating countries.
05/26/2014
Employees in the two units will be deployed to other divisions while an investment division will be re-opened.
05/23/2014
Kenya has been ranked second in Africa as a source of investment an indication that the country’s economic clout is spreading beyond East Africa.
05/23/2014
Volatility will probably remain muted “for a significant period” as the global economy recovers
05/22/2014
The desire to actively finance the activities of investors in the power sector has driven a lot of Nigerian banks to the debt market.
05/22/2014
ITS investment in Nigeria had taught Tiger Brands not to be hasty when pursuing growth opportunities in Africa