12/14/2020
Speaking at an HSBC conference at the end of November, Cassim said that many central banks, particularly in advanced economies, had to largely resort to quantitative easing (QE) with ‘speed and vigour’ to stimulate their economies.
12/14/2020
“The group’s common equity tier 1 ratio was 13.2 percent at the end of September, up from 12.6 percent at the end of June.”
12/14/2020
Three-month electronic payment was N319.995tn
12/14/2020
The decline in net wealth can be ascribed to a decrease in the real value of households’ pension funds and investments, the researchers said.
12/13/2020
Anie Akpe next emphasised on the wide prevalence of certain cultural norms in Africa that have been the obstacles restricting women from aspiring to be ambitious.
12/10/2020
Both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) forecast a sharp decline in aggregate growth because of the global health crisis.
12/10/2020
Nobel Dialogue Week 2020 featured an international array of experts and leaders
12/09/2020
In the CBK survey, however, large banks were less optimist in lending, projecting a growth of 6.5 per cent. These lenders control the lion’s share of the credit market.
12/09/2020
Islamic finance assets increased 14 percent to US$ 2.88 trillion in 2019, the highest recorded growth for the industry since the global financial crisis
12/08/2020
In terms of the efficiency, in terms of compilation of the register and following the procedures, they have even published the voters register for the first time on their website
12/08/2020
With a shared ledger structure, any content alterations would immediately be visible to everyone, and every news item is always traceable to its original source, suppressing misinformation that other sources can’t verify.
12/08/2020
On the one hand, South Africa still has great infrastructure and offers the potential to be one of the highest growth markets in the world.
12/04/2020
The African Development Bank has been very responsive in supporting countries to address the pandemic in Africa
12/04/2020
“Reintroduced curfew measures meanwhile led to a drop in client demand at some businesses, while lockdowns in Europe curtailed growth in foreign new orders.”
12/04/2020
The survey gathered insights from 425 investors in 27 countries
12/04/2020
Its current CEO Nnamdi Okonkwo, who has occupied his role since 2014, will be handing over the reins to Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, who will join a short but illustrious list of women at the top of African banks.
12/03/2020
For Standard Bank Group Ltd., the continent’s largest bank, the rollout of vaccines could take time and the risk of “pandemic fatigue” may cause safety lapses during the holidays.
12/03/2020
Annual credit expansion slowed to 13.7% in October, the lowest since January 2019.
12/02/2020
Such flexibility will not be afforded to consumer and SME loans and these segments will drive higher impaired loans over the longer term.
12/02/2020
Open source enables organizations to innovate faster and offers a level of flexibility and agility that would have been difficult to achieve if they were solely reliant on proprietary software