Managers of Wealth Africa

Africa focus pays off for Standard Bank

Standard Bank to look at West Africa expansion

How the wealthy and elite influence governance in Africa

Politicians are known to solicit for funds through wealthy individuals where the majority of the campaign funding and general electoral cost come from.

Absa - A world of possibilities as an independent, African bank

This shift in the Group’s stakeholders freed us to chart our path as an African Bank, run by Africans, with global recognition and scalability.

Chinese investors urged to support public-private partnerships in Kenya

His sentiments were made during the ongoing visit by ten companies, some under the Hong Kong Trade Development Council.

The High-Growth Promise Of An Integrated Africa

In recent years, Africans have been working to reclaim the narrative, highlighting their countries’ remarkable progress and the continent’s vast potential, in order to attract investment and deepen regional and global engagement.

All the single ladies need to get moneysmart

Breaking that later cycle needs to start early when single ladies are still footloose and fancy free and have probably just graduated from university and are ready to move on to the next stage of their life.

How South Africans can check where their retirement savings are actually going

“By law, every retirement fund registered under the Pension Funds Act, 1956 (PFA) must have an investment policy statement and must, before making any investment and while invested in an asset, consider any factor that may materially affect the long

Comment: Mauritius and the getaway car

I think a better analogy might be to liken this to a company accepting an invitation to purchase a ticket.

Africa’s growth not robust enough to end joblessness - Ofori-Atta

It is not enough to provide decent job opportunities for our burgeoning young population

Executives Abandon South African State Companies Over Indecision

His plans to revive the country’s faltering economy are floundering because of infighting in the ruling party and legal challenges that are undermining his authority.

Scramble for Africa intensifies as Korea joins the party

This initiative will cast the next episode of David and Goliath fight in the 21st Century.

Goldman Sachs Bets On South Africa's Strong Economic Growth

Specifically, Goldman sees that South Africa’s equity and debt markets are deep, liquid, and key drivers of the continent’s long-term growth potential.

Is South Africa the Biggest Fintech Destination in Africa?

Most of these projects focus on the online payment processes as well as the provision of banking services to the demographics that need it most.

Barclays Ghana poised to become lead financial enabler to drive SME growth in Ghana

“As your financial enabler, Barclays wants to be the lead partner for SME growth in Ghana as we become Absa by providing the right financial and operational support.

South Africa’s unexpectedly positive GDP success

All this means that the first nine months of 2018 saw a growth of 0.8% year-on-year, a number that also beat the full year forecast of 0.6% estimated by the South African Reserve Bank as well as the Treasury’s prediction of 0.7%.

Standard Chartered Bank unpacks Botswana’s journey towards an Upper-Middle Income Economy

Greater investment and faster productivity growth will be needed to improve potential output, which has stagnated.

Deloitte given conflicting information on African Bank’s finances

Jordaan and Crowther are currently facing a disciplinary hearing

The case for impact investing

Prescription is about accessing money for badly run enterprises that demonstrate malfeasance, corruption, fraud and inefficiency and that cannot access money from the private sector as a result.”

Africa must boost industrial capacity to benefit from free-trade zone: AfDB

"Africa has to have its own industrial capacity ... it's not just about moving raw materials, it's about value added products," Adesina told Reuters on the sidelines of an conference in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja.

Did ‘no poor person’ lose money in VBS bank’s collapse?

It’s easier to say whether each retail depositor got up to R100,000 of their money back.

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