07/01/2015
African ministers, central bank governors, representatives of regional economic communities, multi-national companies, and development partners are meeting in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa
06/30/2015
America is going to be the biggest beneficiary of the Greece crisis as the dollar strengthened and commodity prices have been declining
06/30/2015
Nine Nigerian banks have been named among top 1000 global banks by the Banker magazine in London.
06/30/2015
South Africa’s banks continue to dominate Africa’s banking sector, despite challenges acting against the local currency.
06/30/2015
The air transport industry in Africa is on the resurgence and aviation is, "The next infrastructure growth frontier for Africa"
06/30/2015
It is a South Africa-based boutique which specialises in local market long/short equity strategies
06/30/2015
The companies with the highest percentage of women on boards are East Africa Breweries of Kenya
06/30/2015
Operating costs increased by 4 percent to R1.4bn from the prior period’s R1.3bn
06/29/2015
85 percent of financial institutions from around the world reported that their boards of directors currently devote more time to oversight of risk than they did two years ago
06/28/2015
The visiting French Ambassador for Climate in Africa and the Middle East, Stéphane Gompertz, says Zimbabwe should create policies which attract foreign direct investment
06/26/2015
About 92% of respondents showed a clear preference for retirement funding as an employee benefit.
06/26/2015
Hot on its heels is Carlson Rezidor, with 6,953 new rooms in development spread across 32 hotels. Marriott is in third place with 6,412 rooms in its pipeline spread over 36 new properties, 22% up on 2014.
06/26/2015
SOUTH African banks face increased bad-debt levels and costs because of the country’s "own goals", including power cuts and the threat of a ratings downgrade, according to the head of First National Bank (FNB), Jacques Celliers.
06/25/2015
There are security intelligence when using alternative banking channels
06/25/2015
The bank said that in the 12 months leading up to March 2015, the average year-on-year growth was 15.48 percent
06/25/2015
DO NOT be fooled by the buoyant first-half corporate-bond issuance in South Africa.
06/25/2015
South African banks face increased bad-debt levels and costs because of the country’s “own goals,” including power cuts and the threat of a ratings downgrade, according to the head of First National Bank, Jacques Celliers.
06/25/2015
Standard Chartered Plc is facing a challenge for the title of Africa’s top loan arranger from a local bank about 1/20th of its size.
06/25/2015
SA was plagued by protracted strikes, power disruptions and weak demand — factors that dented investor confidence.
06/24/2015
DESPITE witnessing exceptional growth in development finance in recent years, Africa is still faced with the arduous task of mobilising adequate resources to fund its growth and future transformation agenda.