12/11/2018
n an open letter published in South African newspapers, KPMG South Africa said the local unit of the auditing giant was “very different” from 18 months ago, after a period of significant introspection and change.
12/10/2018
Orama said Africa enjoys tremendous potentials, praising the efforts exerted by Egypt to host the first-ever Intra-African Trade Fair
12/10/2018
The symbiotic relationship between pension systems (suppliers of savings) and institutional investors (investors of savings) allows for the creation of assets that should safely and sustainably fund the retirement goals of African savers,” said Gond
12/10/2018
According to Eye of Africa, this African country is borrowing $45m from former colonial master, France, to pay its workers.
12/07/2018
The report finds that countries such as Kenya, Morocco, South Africa and Tunisia, which rank high on science and innovation in Africa, invest a relatively higher share of their GDP in research and development
12/07/2018
These include Standard Bank, Absa, FirstRand and Nedbank, all of which have rapidly growing returns on equity across the sector.
12/07/2018
There are activities going on, there are criminal charges, but it’s much easier to get corruption in society than to get rid of it.
12/06/2018
It is estimated that over 90 per cent of banks rating actions have been driven by sovereign risks that have a direct impact on their creditworthiness even if banks’ financial performance is unaffected.
12/06/2018
Sub-region not only offering diversification opportunities, but growth indicators outperform most markets
12/06/2018
The USD 25 million is part of USD 232 million raised by the Synergy Private Equity Fund II to invest in SMEs in Nigeria and West Africa, working towards a target of USD 300 million.
12/06/2018
It's time to ratify AfCFTA
12/05/2018
With no qualified teachers in the village, parents rely on their children being taught by some of the better-educated local people who can read and write, like Bamoi who finished high school.
12/05/2018
Despite rapidly growing interest in AI to improve financial planning and analysis (FP&A), only a few organizations are currently using it successfully
12/05/2018
When asked about how his family’s empire was built up, Rupert said: “Obviously there needs to be an opportunity in the market. It’s not good trying to do something for which there is no market.”
12/04/2018
According to new data from First National Bank's Retail segment, middle-income South Africans spend their monthly pay within a week of receiving it.
12/03/2018
Out of 11 African countries profiled by Moody’s in the report, only Angola, Ghana and Democratic Republic of Congo have a higher ratio than Kenya, at about 25, 22 and 18 percent respectively.
12/03/2018
Since Zambia’s independence 54 years ago, government has borne the financial burdens of shoring up the operations of the electricity supply company, ZESCO.
12/03/2018
After a wave of scathing criticism that trailed some of our past policies, many of these measures are today widely applauded as brilliant and conscientious actions.
12/03/2018
If consumers were to update their relationship status with the finance industry on social media, it would no doubt say - it's complicated.
12/02/2018
Latest Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) data shows the ratio of bad loans to total loan book among Kenyan banks stood at 12.3 percent at the end of October, having come down from 12.7 percent in August largely due to improved recovery efforts on the trade, per