06/24/2019
Heightened fiscal vulnerabilities in Africa are weakening fiscal revenues and growth, particularly for commodity-exporting African countries.
06/24/2019
Lending boosts local employment, foreign trade
06/21/2019
We see technology as a means to an end, because what we are after is to grow Africa together.
06/21/2019
CAPITAL inflows are seen weakening further this year with consumer spending falling by 10% to 15% to RTGS$32 billion from RTGS$36 billion in 2018 despite government’s optimistic projections, an economist has said.
06/20/2019
In Tanzania, inflows grew by 18 per cent to $1.1 billion.
06/20/2019
This implies that most stocks in both markets are trading significantly lower than their year's opening values.
06/19/2019
Our centers create a platform to share ideas and work together to understand the role of African philanthropy.
06/18/2019
This means taxpayer funds were being used to pay relatives and dependants of the deceased retirees.
06/18/2019
We're the gateway for the African market.
06/18/2019
Last week started off with the Rand on a solid strengthening streak with the GBP/ZAR moving from the low 19s to the mid-18s
06/17/2019
The impact of healthcare on people’s retirement planning is another megatrend mentioned by Maharaj.
06/17/2019
Analysis of the age distribution of Pension contributors shows that the future still looks bleak despite increasing awareness among Nigerians.
06/16/2019
Africa needs more angels.
06/14/2019
Leaders from four African countries have shared their vision for an integrated and borderless Africa that would foster economic growth and development
06/14/2019
“Unemployment is increasing and the underlying reasons for this are structural – not cyclical. It is a ticking timebomb.
06/13/2019
Pension funds in developing markets are shifting money away from the fixed-income assets that have dominated their portfolios, a Mercer study finds.
06/13/2019
“Apart and divided, Africa is weakened. Together and united, Africa will be unstoppable,” the Bank’s President Akinwumi Adesina told delegates at the packed Sipopo Conference Center.
06/13/2019
The new release covers all derivatives asset classes with the ability for JSE to extend to other products in future.
06/13/2019
"The BETI, as a monthly broad 'now' indicator of the SA economy, shows that the depressed first quarter was unusual, but that the second quarter will show positive gross domestic product (GDP) growth," states the BETI report.
06/13/2019
The theme of the Annual Meetings this year is “Regional Integration for Africa’s Economic Prosperity” and the panelists were to share their views on progress in regional integration initiatives and ideas to move the process forward.