05/24/2018
WARNING: Seniors not to fall for social security scam
Senior citizens should be highly alert about the people they choose to handle their pensions.
Regulation,Tax & Compliance
05/24/2018
World Bank president insists that Africa invest more in its people
The theme of the meeting is industrialisation in Africa, and South Korea was chosen to host the meeting in the hope it would provide inspiration and lessons from its own industrialisation path.
05/24/2018
African Development Bank delivers strong operational results
“The Bank continues to strengthen its effectiveness as an organization, while scaling up its operations.”
05/23/2018
West Africa Leaks: How Billions are Leaving Africa for Offshores
ICIJ worked with the West African investigative center Cenozo, which published stories over the weekend about offshore practices in the region.
05/22/2018
One Company’s Tax ‘Heaven’ Is Senegal’s Tax ‘Hell'
A lopsided tax treaty between Mauritius and Senegal means, with the right paper work, companies working in Senegal can avoid paying millions in taxes.
05/22/2018
Seizing the GDPR Advantage: From mandate to high-value opportunity
Look beyond the compliance side of the GDPR
05/21/2018
African nations vow to recover stolen assets
Heads of anti-corruption agencies from around Africa discuss strategies to overcome bottlenecks in the recovery of stolen assets
05/18/2018
UK-Zimbabwe relations warming up
Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday said the country was short of lines of credit to support the productive sectors.
05/17/2018
Retirement Benefits Authority to release new pension guidelines soon
He said currently, only 19 per cent of the country’s workforce was covered.
05/17/2018
Bank Of Ghana To Restructure uniBank
Local banks have injected funds into entities in the country's informal sector, most of which have defaulted in repaying their loans.
05/17/2018
World Bank urges Uganda to improve taxation to finance development, sustain growth
The global financial institution said this low tax collection hinders the country's capacity to finance investments in infrastructure and deliver essential services.
05/10/2018
Angola gov't discusses draft law for repatriation of capital abroad
The state would have the means to get that money," said Marcy Lopes, the secretary of the President of the Republic for Political, Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs, when responding to parliamentarians in the National Assembly session.
05/10/2018
ARB Apex Bank moves to reduce cost of transactions
That was the way forward to survive the intense competition in the banking industry.
05/09/2018
KPMG SA admits failings and welcomes review
The beleaguered Big Four firm in South Africa accepted that its recent failings led to a negative image of auditors
05/09/2018
Lessons from KPMG: Be careful who you get into bed with
Reputational risk is not necessarily about right or wrong.
05/08/2018
NCR refers consumer to debt counsellor for ‘possible over-indebtedness’
But doesn’t agree that Nedbank engaged in reckless lending practices.
05/04/2018
Looted funds: EFCC traces 61 assets to former Oceanic Bank MD
The controversy over the sales led to the EFCC’s interrogation of four AMCON officials and former head of the transactions, who is now with a bank.
05/01/2018
Midas touch: John Ngumi the banker behind deals worth Sh860b
Working at KPC now means he no longer brokers such deals anymore, but the investment banker in him still retains a nose for a good deal.
05/01/2018
Why the GCC States Think Africa Is Worth Fighting Over
Growing economic ties will remain the primary connection between the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council and countries across Africa.
04/30/2018
South Africa joins the club that regulates financial markets through 'Twin Peaks'
Regulation was based on a sectoral model – that is on the assumption that banks should be regulated separately from other kinds of financial institutions such as insurers.