02/08/2021
Investments in South African funds have been very disappointing, all the more so when you compare performance with similar opportunities elsewhere in the world. Has SA lost its rock star fund managers?
02/05/2021
The finance minister called for a more public explanation of Maluleke’s departure and indicated that African Bank could potentially be used as a platform to create a state bank.
02/05/2021
Now, with the global pandemic bringing succession planning into an even sharper focus for many
02/04/2021
Country Senior Partner, PwC Nigeria, Mr. Uyi Akpata, noted that considering the impact the pandemic was having on Nigeria’s economy, it was important for businesses to understand the forces shaping Nigeria’s economy in 2021.
02/03/2021
S&P said: “Our ratings on AfDB reflect its important role in Africa, marked by a long track record of fulfilling its policy mandate through economic cycles, combined with robust shareholder support.
01/27/2021
The SA market also received a boost from Monday's 11% rally in Woolworths, which reported stronger-than-expected sales.
01/26/2021
Nigerian inflation is above target and at the highest level in three years
01/26/2021
Kenya successfully applied for the debt service suspension initiative from the Paris club earlier this month.
01/25/2021
Rising inequality means it could take at least 14 times longer for the number of people living in poverty to return to pre-pandemic levels than it took for the fortunes of the top 1,000, mostly White male, billionaires to bounce back.
01/22/2021
IFFs are strongly linked to corruption, which can be orchestrated by the rulers themselves.
01/18/2021
Nigeria slipped into a recession in the third quarter of last year. What do you think the economic outlook would be this year?
01/18/2021
Bullion down about 4% this year.
01/12/2021
The takaful (Islamic insurance) sector is the last one with a share of 3% for only $51 billion of assets.
01/12/2021
The pressure to change had been building for years.
01/11/2021
The Great Green Wall is part of Africa’s environmental defense system — a shield against the onslaughts of desertification and degradation
01/10/2021
Nearly 3 million jobs are threatened by the informal production units which have the advantage of low production costs, according to Morocco’s employers’ association CGEM.
01/08/2021
The world’s 500 richest people added $1.8 trillion to their combined net worth this past year and are now worth a combined $7.6 trillion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
01/06/2021
The decline in per capita income is expected to set average living standards back by a decade or more in a quarter of Sub-Saharan African economies.
01/06/2021
In particular, many developing countries on the continent have comparatively weak health care infrastructure, leaving them exposed to pandemics.
01/06/2021
The World Bank expects growth in Nigeria to resume at 1.1% in 2021 but fears the rebound could be affected by lower oil production due to quotas.