09/05/2014
The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UBA, Phillips Oduoza, welcomed the announcement, noting that the endorsement validates the concerted efforts to ensure the bank’s customers across the continent
09/04/2014
While confidence about growth and exports reaches record levels globally, surveys by Grant Thornton and Merchantec caution that SA risks missing out on the boom.
09/02/2014
In the last decade, the size of the African economy has more than trebled, with West Africa now the fastest growing region on the continent.
09/01/2014
South Africa: Living in Self-Delusion - Who Controls Africa's Economy- - Nigeria or South Africa?
When in 2004 President Olusegun Obasanjo muted the idea of a state- backed Nigerian company that can compete favourably with multinational companies, Nigerians partially bought into the idea.
08/31/2014
I think the initial impact of this new development bank for emerging markets is that many countries could have a new source of financing
08/28/2014
There were 503 cases of financial fraud in the 1st half of the year 2012 reported across the African continent.
08/28/2014
At least 1,427 people have died of the deadly hemorrhagic virus since it was first detected
08/27/2014
Hsieh spoke us through the implications of the banking downgrade on South Africans
08/26/2014
The regulations they’d put in place left the banking system largely unaffected and insulated local investors from much of the subprime fallout.
08/25/2014
A new study finds sub-Saharan Africa’s middle class is on track to nearly triple by 2030
08/25/2014
The report suggests that while the middle class may be smaller than previously thought it is growing strongly
08/25/2014
The 2014 Nigerian banking sector report, produced by one of the leading wealth advisory firms in the country, Afrinvest Limited will be launched on Tuesday, September 9, 2014.
08/22/2014
Latest World Bank figures show that remittances from foreign workers are expected to be $436bn this year, more than three times what poor countries receive in overseas aid
08/22/2014
The potential of new technologies to transform financial services in Africa has long been heralded by the likes of Kenya’s M-Pesa and others.
08/22/2014
The FTSE/JSE Africa Banks index shed 1.42 percent to close at 65 301.65 points.
08/21/2014
Moody’s Investors Service’s downgrade of South Africa’s biggest lenders raises the risk the nation’s sovereign debt rating may be cut
08/21/2014
The National Fund Volatility Rating of 'V1(zaf)' has also been affirmed. KEY RATING DRIVERS The removal of the RWN follows the removal of the fund's exposure to the financially troubled African Bank on 18 August 2014.
08/20/2014
Key factors that remain at the forefront for any entity planning to lease, own, or operate property in emerging and frontier markets include transparency risks regarding the reliability and accessibility of information about property rights as well as cor
08/20/2014
The report also found that the combined GDPs of the 11 measured economies had grown tenfold since 2000.
08/19/2014
He cites significant new discoveries of mining and energy resources, in particular gold and gas