06/21/2020
Kampala the least expensive city to live, Nairobi most costly in East Africa
According to Mercer’s 26th annual Cost of Living Survey, Victoria in the Seychelles is the most expensive city to live in Africa
Comment, Analysis & Research
06/19/2020
Analytics Intelligence wants to help African companies better understand customer data
With over 15 years of experience, Edoja has worked on data analytics projects of different multinationals.
06/18/2020
Why is Standard Bank embroiled in the financing of the potentially disastrous East Africa oil pipeline?
Africa’s largest bank, Standard Bank, on the other hand, has moved to block shareholder participation and shut down debate by preventing the tabling of two independent resolutions on climate change risk. Shareholders would be right to be concerned.
06/17/2020
Investment flows in Africa set to drop 25% to 40% in 2020
All industries on the continent are reeling from the double blow of the coronavirus pandemic and low commodity prices, UNCTAD’s new report says.
06/16/2020
NSE reopens bearish as investors’ lose N119 billion amid profit-taking
Capital market analysts attributed the decline to profit-taking in stocks that have gained, maintaining a bearish outlook this week, as market fundamental remains susceptible to the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and geo-political tensions.
06/15/2020
Characteristics Of Sustainable Business Leaders - RESEARCH
The report sets out to discover what can be learned from business leaders who are integrating sustainability across strategy, operations and stakeholder engagement and what this means for how board and C-suite leaders are selected.
06/15/2020
COVID-19 and job loss
The world economy was shutdown to restrict movements and general interaction given that the virus is largely transmitted through human contact.
06/15/2020
Commercial Banks Restructure Loans Worth Over Sh360bn – Treasury
This was part of measures adopted by the Government to support Kenyans from a looming economic crisis caused by the outbreak of the disease in the country.
06/14/2020
Kenya targets to create 1.7m jobs, jumpstart growth with $28b spend
The government has revised the country’s growth prospects for 2020 to as low as 2.5 per cent from 6.1 per cent compared with last year’s growth of 5.4 per cent.
06/14/2020
Nigeria and Other African Countries Should Go Digital to Boost Trade
GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance, whose board I chair, is one of the central organisations involved in trying to find, develop and distribute COVID-19 vaccine or vaccines.
06/12/2020
Coronavirus pandemic to hit bank dividend payouts hard in 2021
All factors considered, my projection is that about 18 per cent of loans could be classified as non-performing by the close of 2020.
06/12/2020
South African banks well-positioned to handle covid-19 shocks better than other banks in emerging markets
Outstanding doubtful loans, which are often at very low levels, are expected to reach 1.2% of total outstanding loans to the economy.
06/12/2020
Sanlam Group cautions as new business volumes surge by 33%
Sanlam said at group level, overall new business volumes in April had declined to 12 percent lower than the average for the three months to March 31.
06/12/2020
WeChat Wallet in South Africa shuts down
The company announced that all WeChat Wallet users will become Standard Bank Instant Money users.
06/11/2020
Forbes Ranks Top Five Banks In SA
Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to produce their list of the World’s Best Banks.
06/10/2020
Why Swiss-style SME funding can work for Kenya
They seem to want Kenya to be a country where young men and women can have faith that if they work hard and get a good education, they will be able to find the kind of employment or entrepreneurial options, that guarantee them a good middle-class life.
06/10/2020
Why Swiss-style SME funding can work for Kenya
They seem to want Kenya to be a country where young men and women can have faith that if they work hard and get a good education, they will be able to find the kind of employment or entrepreneurial options, that guarantee them a good middle-class life.
06/10/2020
The world economy on a tightrope
The global outlook is highly uncertain
06/09/2020
Northern Trust Whole Office To Accelerate Growth
Last month Northern Trust announced an alliance with BlackRock as part of this Whole Office strategy of working with other firms.
06/09/2020
Equity CEO pay climbs to Sh65m on non-cash perks
In the previous year, he earned a salary of Sh56.7 million (4.72 million per month) and allowances of Sh3.7 million.