09/20/2018
Discussions with President Trump bordered on South Sudan’s peace treaty, straight flights from Kenya to the United States and the Kenya-U.S. bilateral agreements.
09/20/2018
Some countries like Algeria and DR Congo are not covered due to lack of credible data.
09/20/2018
AIF will bring together global private capital and investment funds, sovereign wealth funds and the private sector, for what is primarily being billed as a transactional marketplace to bridge Africa’s $68 – $170 billion infrastructure gap.
09/20/2018
The report was commissioned by the National Treasury.
09/19/2018
New carbon pricing initiatives in some countries, such as China’s emissions trading scheme and renewed efforts in Canada and France to price carbon, could significantly reduce these gaps.
09/19/2018
Central bankers in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya are likely to keep key rates unchanged at their meetings next week.
09/18/2018
We expect Mauritius, Ghana, Rwanda and Uganda to be the strongest performing wealth markets in Africa during this period (with 90 per cent to 150 per cent growth rates).
09/18/2018
"Our fear now is that if the federal government does not act fast the 34 billion naira in this years budget would still not be disbursed to pensioners”
09/18/2018
Unfortunately, most Kenyans do not know the answers to these questions.
09/18/2018
FNB’s recent annual results show that the retail banking division delivered 18% profit growth against the backdrop of a tough economic environment.
09/17/2018
Ogbobine said the bulk of financing for infrastructure would come from borrowing with a larger share being domestic debts.
09/17/2018
An analysis of results for the first six months of 2018.
09/17/2018
The bank has historically been coy around its customer base, but reports on its account numbers.
09/17/2018
“They are saying that SA might be a good place to retire, but not to invest in.”
09/17/2018
Corruption and institutional reforms carry the biggest weight in how the World Bank assesses countries’ performances and in turn the level of development assistance they receive
09/17/2018
We believe that we can combine social investments with interesting risk-adjusted returns
09/17/2018
Commitment to fixing governance issues lauded, but simply making new board appointments won’t be enough.
09/16/2018
For the purposes of the report, a country’s wealth includes all individuals working or living there, including expats.
09/16/2018
In the next budget period the EU plans to increase funding to Africa to €40 billion ($46.5 billion).
09/14/2018
The creation of a new fragility and resilience assessment tool is an important contribution to research efforts for greater effectiveness in the Bank's work.