05/15/2015
Leisure property growth takes a knock
Although it courts the interest of ultra-high net worth individuals.
Comment, Analysis & Research
05/15/2015
US$120 bn trade finance gap holding back African growth
Trade finance has a direct impact on employment and Madhavan
05/15/2015
LACK of access to affordable trade finance is holding back the economic and employment potential of African countrie
"Imagine the number of jobs that would be created if small and medium enterprises in Africa could do the cross-border transactions that would have been supported by the unmet gap in demand for trade finance.
05/14/2015
Investment firms backing retail developments in East Africa
East Africa’s shopping landscape is slowly changing with the construction of multi-million dollar centres in prominent cities.
05/14/2015
Moody warns to downgrade S. Africa's rating to junk level
Rising consumer inflation and a probable increase in U.S. policy rates could lead the South African Reserve Bank to hike domestic rates by yearend
05/12/2015
Check out the cities on the continent where you find super millionaires
With an emerging class of millionaires coming out of African cities such as Victoria Island, Dar Es Salaam, and Accra, there is little need for luxury living to be a strictly a foreign lifestyle.
05/12/2015
Banks all set to woo more customers to digital banking
We are far from being able to put digital migration at the bottom of the priority list.
05/12/2015
Iran, S. Africa to boost bilateral cooperation ties
During the meeting, the two sides exchanged points of view on a number of regional and international issues and discussed ways to bolster bilateral relations
05/11/2015
Pension funds in Kenya reap big from equities
The average equity return for all schemes over the year to March 2015 was 23.7 per cent
05/11/2015
Banking salaries in South Africa
South African banking CEOs – some of the highest earners in the country – are taking home between 40 and 80 times more than their average employees
05/08/2015
Ethiopia’s long-serving minister brings recipe of success to AfDB
For much of the past two decades, Sufian Ahmed’s attention has been focused on rebuilding Ethiopia’s economy after years of war and famine, eventually helping turn it into one of the fastest-growing in Africa
05/08/2015
WINE: Great wines come from imbibing lessons of the past
The annual old wine tasting — the curtain-raiser to the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show — was held in Paarl a few days ago
05/08/2015
'Businesses in emerging markets must digitise or die'
Research by SAP partner Ernst & Young suggests that five percent of the revenue of any company today is lost as a result of fraud
05/08/2015
Super-premium beer market to grow 30% this year and 35% in 2016
According to Standard Bank Group, the market could make up as much as 18m litres by 2017 to give it a 2.1% share of the total premium and lite market - from just 0.3% in 2011.
05/07/2015
More regional money flowing into inward M&As, says EY
Inbound deal value increases five-fold; family businesses are shifting their interest away from emerging market entries
05/07/2015
UK contributes $9.3 million to IMF statistics in Africa and the Middle East
The International Monetary Fund and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development have launched a new project
05/07/2015
Kenya's KCB group says sees more growth from diversified services
Kenya Commercial Bank Group expects growth in services like insurance, Islamic banking and mobile money transfer services to further boost its income, after posting a 12 percent rise in first quarter pretax profit
05/07/2015
African Banker Awards Nominees Announced
Nominees for the 2015 African Banker Awards have been announced
05/07/2015
The biggest companies in South Africa
Only four SA companies made it into the top 500
05/07/2015
Why South African companies prefer to invest in Nigeria
South African based company Pepkor Ltd, owners of PEP stores in Nigeria have also been bought by Steinhoff International Holdings