Managers of Wealth Africa

Too big for their boots?

“Shopping around until you get an opinion that you want to hear, rather than an opinion that you need to hear, is a very dangerous approach,” Doyer says.

‘Zim spent just $2bn on infrastructure since 2009’

The AfDB puts the cumulative estimates the figure at about $15 billion over five years while the World Bank estimates the required amount at $2 billion annually over a period of five years.

AfDB President Receives Liberia’s Highest National Award

The bank is credited with transforming the lives of Liberians through financing road and infrastructure projects

Uganda’s private sector remains stable

Readings above 50.0% signal an improvement in business conditions of the previous month, while readings below 50.0% show deterioration.

Private debt can help drive African growth

There are opportunities for investors that traditional capital markets cannot reach

Nigerian pension industry looks promising despite low penetration

The population of the country will likely spike to 431 million by 2050, based on World Bank estimates.

Kagame Beats Buhari to Win 2017 African of the Year Award

They are all true lovers of Africa, contributing passionately, sometimes imperfectly

Dearth of tech leadership killing companies

Has disruptive technology swept these organisations off their rails?

Navigating the african private equity lifecycle

For first time funds, the fee is typically higher at 2.5 percent, and it applies to the whole committed capital.

Dangote is Africa’s richest for seventh year – Forbes

Dangote was recently the only African selected among Bloomberg’s world 50 best persons in the year 2017.

Robo-advisor platform revenues to surge: report

The report further indicates that the increase of more interested parties will urge total assets under management by robo-advisors upwards to $4.1 trillion in 2022, from an estimated $330 billion in 2017.

World Bank Predicts African Economy To Grow By 3.2% In 2018

The World Bank forecasts Africa’s average economic growth to rise to 3.2 percent in 2018 and to 3.5% in 2019

Kenya’s new tax on betting highest in region, says PwC

Developed nations of Germany (five per cent), Las Vegas (6.5) and Canada (20) have significantly lower rates than the Kenyan one which became effective from January 1.

Investing in Africa’s next stage of growth

There was a time when relatively few foreign investors recognized Africa’s potential.

Experts criticise ‘highest tax rate in Africa’, call for urgent review

The actual figures contrast sharply with what has been widely reported recently in local media

Eritrea Closes Hundreds of Businesses for Bypassing Banks

Most of the affected businesses operate in the hospitality sector, according to the announcement, and they will remain closed for up to eight months, depending on the severity of the violations.

Govt policies inspire confidence

Zimbabwe now offers immense investment opportunities following the departure of its former president Robert Mugabe who had ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years, a leading American business journal has said

Sukuk: An alternative economic model in Nigeria

The growth in Sukuk’s popularity can be traced back to the global financial crisis in 2008.

Can Africa Stand On Its Own Two Feet? Part 2

David Emeka Ogbogu goes deeper into Pan Africanist sentiment and Africa’s investment dependency and whether the two can co-exist

South Africa's private-sector activity slows to 20-month low in December

Contractions in output were linked to a lack of client demand and challenging market conditions, it said.

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