02/01/2022

Botswana’s Debswana annual diamond sales jump 64%

Debswana, a joint venture between Anglo American unit De Beers and Botswana’s government, sells 75% of its output to De Beers with the balance taken up by the state-owned Okavango Diamond Company.

01/27/2022

Fitch affirms Ecobank’s stable outlook

The rating agency reported that Ecobank’s loans have declined in recent years, stressing that it does not see a high risk of the largest Stage 2 loans, which are concentrated within the oil and gas sector, of becoming impaired.

01/21/2022

Private sector critical to AfCFTA, says minister

PAMA aims to encourage cooperation between African manufacturers such that there can be market transformation in order to grow Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) and subsequently create value chains to achieve Africa’s industrialisation agenda.

01/20/2022

Genius and luck in asset management

In the second of a series of interviews with veterans of the South African asset management industry, we speak to Coronation’s Tony Gibson.