Managers of Wealth Africa

Standard Bank predicts uptick in economic growth in latest African Markets Revealed report

Standard Bank doubts that a resurgence of commodity prices will prove to be a palliative for commodity-producing countries on the continent.

IFC in talks to attract new infrastructure investment in Burkina Faso

Talks aimed at attracting investors to support a range of potential infrastructure projects in Burkina Faso have been held between the country’s government and the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Government appoints Fidelity and Standard Chartered Bank as lead Managers

The ESLA SPV is expected to issue bond(s) to the tune of about GH¢10 billion, being the total estimated legacy debt within the energy sector.

StanChart shores up lending to Southern African DFIs

The facility will be utilised for onlending to support investment in key infrastructure and development projects on the continent.

Afreximbank signs deal with Development Bank of Belarus to boost Africa-Belarus trade ties

They are needed to boost mutual trade between our countries.

Absa won’t become a state bank

Absa becomes SA-controlled business for first time since 2004, but Barclays Plc and PIC will remain long-term investors

Let’s push electronic payment agenda higher

What is required is a holistic and joint effort of all stakeholders to shift behaviours towards electronic payment options.

Afreximbank seals $1.2b dual currency deals

Targets more regional trade, financing

AfDB seeks to strengthen Indo-African relations

“I want Africa, already a place brimming with opportunity, to win its own place in the world’s workshops and marketplaces — to become a global industrial powerhouse,” Adesina said.

Zimbabwe: Malawi's First Merchant Bank Takes Over Barclays Bank Zimbabwe

The remaining 32 percent of Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe's shares are traded on the Zimbabwe stock exchange.

The discreet banker of Africa development

Nevertheless, €3 billion in European taxpayers’ money has been channelled through this glass building into the poorest countries in Africa and the Caribbean.

Barclays to sell £1.6bn stake in African unit

South Africa’s Public Investment Corporation, the manager of the government employee pension fund, was likely to be the largest buyer of the shares being sold, people familiar with the matter said.

Barclays still waits for nod from the SARB

They have requested regulatory approval

Banking on Saudi Arabia's 'very realistic' privatisation plan

He reeled off a list of the assets and sectors that could help make up the bonanza

Some African leaders have reiterated the need for the continent to learn from the successes of Asia to speed up economic development.

There are a lot of great lessons from Asia, from the special economist zones and the industrial zones that we can learn from.

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