12/01/2019
The measures come as lenders in Africa’s most populous country of almost 200mn people make a push into retail banking to ward off potential competition from mobile-network operators.
12/01/2019
As we expand and improve on our curriculum, the partnership that we have internationally enables us best practices to our compliance officers and so we will continue to partner with organisations.
11/29/2019
Abu Dhabi Fund for Development has been at the forefront of this activity, having funded more than 66 projects in 28 African nations to a value of $16.6bn.
11/29/2019
The Convention also enhances the dispute resolution mechanism, especially through the addition of an optional provision on mandatory binding arbitration, which has been taken up by 30 jurisdictions.
11/29/2019
The capacity building workshop for supervisors drawn from the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, as well as Nigerian Air Force was done in collaboration with the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON).
11/29/2019
The GIPF Chairperson said the fund’s unlisted investment has contributed positively towards job creation, infrastructure development and general economic growth in the country
11/28/2019
Through its approval, the African Development Bank claims it has joined a global syndicate of commercial banks, development finance institutions, and export credit agencies, to jointly provide the requisite senior debt financing for the project. Financial
11/27/2019
The TIWB initiative is set to launch a number of pilot programmes in support of developing countries' efforts to ensure the effective use of AEOI data.
11/27/2019
At the heart of this shift are thousands of bilateral exchange relationships now in place
11/26/2019
Ms Nwabufo singled out capacity building activities for Kenyan women in business as one of the areas that the bank is keen on supporting.
11/26/2019
According to Treasury, the global lender also highlighted the major challenges facing the economy, which include weak growth, a deteriorating fiscal situation and difficulties in the operations of state owned enterprise.
11/25/2019
While up to 413 million Africans live on less than USD 1.90 a day, leaders of certain African nations sit on top of millions, even though their countries can be considered poor or at risk of poverty.
11/25/2019
This is a return to normal market practice after the previous longer-tenor issue, a 16-year infrastructure bond offer, saw CBK set a different coupon from what the successful bids had dictated despite the offer being market determined.
11/25/2019
Adebayo said the company met all indices and requirements for carrying out the exercise.
11/25/2019
The 2019 Global Gender Summit, the first to be held on the continent, kicked off on Monday with a strong call to surge ahead on gender issues and move from commitment to action.
11/24/2019
Following the outbreak of the civil war in December 2013 government-owned power facilities were badly affected with many forced to close due to operational costs.
11/22/2019
In a recently published article, Magala says new tools – such as the Development Finance Compact for Lusophone Africa – give investors and lenders more comfort to enter into these markets.
11/22/2019
State-backed firms and agencies must secure approval for reporting their financial results from the auditor-general, but the previous holder of that office, Edward Ouko, retired in August and his successor is yet to be named.
11/22/2019
The development will be undertaken over two phases, with phase one to include construction of a 30,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution centre, work on which will begin in two weeks.
11/22/2019
Inflation has declined amid a soft domestic economy while oil prices have risen and the currency has fallen, leading the SARB to believe risks around price pressures are currently "balanced".