04/06/2020
Funded by donors, the GETF will support the delivery and scale-up of the Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) programme
04/06/2020
In a war, massive spending on armaments stimulates economic activity and special provisions ensure essential services. In this crisis, things are more complicated, but a common feature is an increased role for the public sector.
04/06/2020
iMAL will enable and support the bank’s strategy of Sharia compliance, customer centricity and product innovation
04/06/2020
Buhari, in his address to the nation said, “All citizens in these affected states are to stay in their homes for 14 days in the first instance while travels to or from other states should be put on hold. All businesses and offices within these locat
04/03/2020
Twitter has been tweaking its algorithm to elevate medical information from authoritative sources - an initiative available in 70 countries, including five in Africa.
04/03/2020
As Capacity reported last year, the government of Ethiopia, which came to power in early 2018, led by prime minister Abiy Ahmed, has already announced its determination to liberalise the telecoms market in the country – but details until now have be
04/03/2020
The first likely beneficiary of a minority-owned first policy is Washington, DC-based and family owned Industrial Bank
04/03/2020
RMB is customizing relief packages to clients, Formby said.
04/03/2020
Mr. Travaly urged customers to take advantage of Ecobank's robust digital banking platforms
04/02/2020
This Environmental Finance 2020 bond award was given by an independent panel comprising 30 of the world’s largest green, social and sustainability bond investors
04/02/2020
The grant will be used by the world body to equip Regional Member Countries to prevent, rapidly detect, investigate, contain and manage detected cases of COVID-19
04/02/2020
The shift decelerated HF’s lending by 11.3 percent from Sh43.4 billion to Sh38.55 billion as the bank went in search of new opportunities in an environment of a slowed down property market.
04/02/2020
“We assume that Q2 is going to be soft after the disruptions associated with coronavirus,” he told Reuters by telephone.
04/02/2020
Old Mutual Namibia recognises that a large portion of the poor and the vulnerable receive their limited income from daily/hourly labour, which they will not be able to earn during the lockdown, he said.
04/02/2020
The bank’s small-enterprise, low-income and student clients will be benefitting from an automatic three-month payment holiday from April 1 to June 30, equating to approximately R35-billion.
04/02/2020
East African countries have offered bleak forecasts as well.
04/01/2020
Some essential businesses were operating without giving employees the required protective equipment in order to adhere to safety requirements during this time.
04/01/2020
With the economic crisis unfolding as the number of infections and mortality rises, Africa is appealing for a speedy disbursement of the bailout package
04/01/2020
The exemption comes as the boost in lending and other business activities have propelled higher earnings for the foreign subsidiaries of four of Nigeria’s tier 1 banks, the full year audited results of the financial institutions have shown.
04/01/2020
Nedbank said it will only consider applications from its client base.