06/08/2015
The launch of a free trade agreement by three African economic blocs in Egypt this week will be an important step towards a potentially game-changing common market spanning the continent
06/08/2015
Welcome to the 5th edition of our annual Africa attractiveness survey. This milestone is an opportunity to pause and reflect on how Africa’s attractiveness has evolved.
06/08/2015
In keeping with its strategy as a catalyst for socio-economic growth, Access Bank Ghana is for the third year running leading discussions at the 2015 Ghana Economic Forum.
06/05/2015
African governments, investors, and international financial institutions must significantly scale up investment in energy to unlock Africa’s potential as a global low-carbon superpower.
06/05/2015
Kenya continued its dominance in the region’s private equity industry with the country accounting for more than 60 per cent of private equity deals recorded in the East African region
06/05/2015
Ethiopia was Africa’s eighth-largest recipient of foreign direct investment last year
06/04/2015
Online banking still remains a challenge to many people even as the smart phone penetration in Kenya experiences substantial growth due to increase in internet and mobile connectivity
06/04/2015
UBS Group AG, the Swiss company that says it banks more billionaires than any other, said wealthy Africans are rapidly adding to the ranks of the rich on the continent needing specialised financial services.
06/04/2015
BNY Mellon, a global leader in investment management and investment services, took the top spot in this year’s Global Investor/ISF Global Custody Survey
06/03/2015
EY's Africa attractiveness survey indicates that investor perceptions of Africa reached the lowest level since 2011, but all is not lost
06/03/2015
African nations are facing mounting risks as they seek to extend two decades of rapid economic growth
06/03/2015
The banking sectors of a number of sub-Saharan African countries have exhibited significant growth in recent years.
06/03/2015
Companies looking to do business in Africa should not rush.
06/03/2015
Sub-Saharan Africa’s steady and impressive economic growth remains on track, despite the recent weakening of commodity prices
06/03/2015
As it seeks to keep the rising growth record going.
06/03/2015
When Wal-Mart Stores spent $2.4 billion (R29bn) on a stake in Massmart five years ago, the world’s biggest retailer said it was buying a gateway to high-growth markets in sub-Saharan Africa
06/03/2015
Total external financial flows to Africa in 2014 grew to a record $200 billion
06/03/2015
Yields on one-year Treasury bills have more than doubled in the past 36 months
06/03/2015
With economic growth at home so disappointing, South Africa’s banks are paying much more attention to the rest of Africa
06/02/2015
As the global payments industry transforms to take advantage of new technologies, some services offer the prospect of real change, but others are simply hype