10/31/2025
Equity Group net profit rises 32pc to Sh54.1bn in Q3
The Group attributed the growth to increased profitability in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Alternative Investments
10/29/2025
South African companies sound the alarm
The survey is recognised as the most comprehensive of its kind among verified employers, and the 2025 iteration is Xpatweb’s biggest survey to date.
10/28/2025
Retirement fund in hot water for benefit payout without consent
Member complained to adjudicator that the fund ignored his request to transfer his money to an annuity account.
10/28/2025
Nigeria: Strengthening industry leadership, NEM Insurance revenue surges to $51.6mln
Regulatory initiatives such as the NIIRA 2025 and increasing enforcement of compulsory insurance policies are expected to unlock new growth opportunities
10/27/2025
Preserving your retirement capital
Why timing your withdrawals matter.
10/24/2025
African Development Bank Deepens Cooperation as West African Ministers Back New Growth Agenda
The ministers jointly pledged early financial commitments to ADF-17, showing Africa’s growing self-determination in financing its own future.
10/24/2025
UBA Empowers Next Generation of Leaders
Since the inception of the program over three years ago, the GMAP, designed to equip entrants with the necessary skills and knowledge, has graduated well over 4,000 banking and finance professionals
10/23/2025
Insights from the Former Deputy President of South Africa
This year’s event featured an engaging fireside chat with Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, former Deputy President of South Africa and former Executive Director of UN Women
10/23/2025
Major blow for interest rate cuts in South Africa
This has cemented analysts’ view that inflation will be heating up in the coming months, pushing further away from the Reserve Bank’s preferred target of 3%.
10/23/2025
Gold shares have run hard but are still cheap
The sharp increase in the gold price saw profit margins reach new records
10/23/2025
Ghana’s pension funds hold prospects to unlock over $1b for private capital
According to the report, this underutilisation is a wider continental pattern and contrasts sharply with peers like Nigeria
10/22/2025
Nigeria to demand higher OPEC quota, says Lokpobiri
He said the country’s current quota, pegged at about 1.5 million barrels per day, no longer reflects its true production capacity.
10/22/2025
African Development Bank Group approves additional funding to develop climate-resilient water infrastructure in Ethiopia’s Borana region
The Borana population consists primarily of pastoral farmers who have endured severe hardships, including the loss of millions of livestock, due to recurring droughts.
10/22/2025
Ethiopia limits foreign ownership in banks to 49% as reforms deepen
Central bank move comes 4 months after Ethiopia opens sector to global investors
10/21/2025
Another shift for interest rate expectations in South Africa
While timing remains a coin flip, investors see two 25 basis point cuts still coming in the cycle, with the repo rate expected to be 6.50% within the 12 months.
10/21/2025
Nigeria losing ground to African rivals in VC funding race
In four years Nigeria has slid from first place for VC fundraising in Africa to fourth place. How can it regain the crown?
10/20/2025
2026 State Budget Projects Record $3 Billion for Salaries
The Ministry emphasizes that e-SNGRHE ensures that only active and properly identified employees receive remuneration, eliminating the risk of ghost employees in the state apparatus.
10/20/2025
AfDB chief joins global push to turn youth into economic powerhouse
The Council brings together heads of international financial institutions, ministers, and business executives to create jobs through impactful investments.
10/20/2025
Great Nigeria Insurance rebounds with N2bn profit
The 2022 transiting figure for Insurance Revenue stood at N2.6bn, but it dropped in 2023 by 3.8 per cent to N2.5bn.
10/17/2025
Big changes for Eskom board
Cabinet welcomed Eskom’s return to profitability after the entity reported a R16 billion profit after tax for the financial year ending March 2025.