09/09/2020
Sanlam Group, have pledged to provide excellent services.
They made the pledge at their virtual Brokers Forum that cut across Nigeria and South Africa.
Alternative Investments
09/09/2020
Liquid Telecom seals another big South African acquisition
The transaction is understood to have taken over a year to conclude as the South African competition regulators reviewed Liquid’s massive presence in the country’s data center business.
09/08/2020
African Development Bank partners with Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa as sponsor of virtual African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)
AGRF online will convene the most senior decision-makers of governments in the same digital space as grassroots players along the agricultural value chain
09/08/2020
Algeria to launch Islamic insurance, open banks in Africa
The authorities have also said they will open the door for the private sector to set up banks, part of reforms pledged by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in the banking sector.
09/07/2020
It’s time Kenya’s financial sector to innovate new ways of working
This is when new ways of working first emerged.
09/07/2020
CITITRUST unveils asset management subsidiary
The unveiling and remarkable feat is announced in pursuant of the Fund.
09/06/2020
Togbe Afede’s SAS rubbishes Ken Ofori-Atta’s claim but ignores his insult
The Finance Minister asserted that Togbe Afede was involved in the attempt by the NDC government to implement the Gold Royalties Company deal in 2011.
09/04/2020
Firm eyes young workers with pension plan
Mr Kitau said their investment’s arm was working on a ready-made housing product that will inform future Mafao-housing needs plug-in thereby enabling Kenyans to plan early in life based on tangible products.
09/04/2020
Eunice Maina: Bismart is transforming the insurance business in Kenya
Eunice explains how Bismart is transforming the insurance business in Kenya, and how the broader ecosystem of insuretech is coming into its own in a post-COVID context.
09/03/2020
Saxo Bank MENA region client base grows by more than 150% contributing to a sizeable increase in Group net profits
More than 80,000 new active clients joined the group across all global markets in the first half of 2020
09/03/2020
African Rivers Fund III hits first close at $54m
The private sector in DR Congo and Uganda, our core markets, as well as Angola, our new third home market, has tremendous growth potential and long-term capital remains scarce.
09/02/2020
World Bank Group launches New Country Partnership Framework, and provides immediate support to economic recovery
Beyond a four-decade history of recurrent conflict and violence, the arrival of COVID-19 may plunge an additional 140,000 Central Africans into extreme poverty.
09/02/2020
Ghana: Press highlights injection of GH¢800m into National Investment Bank, others
The Graphic also reports that the Ghana Health Service (GHS), in conjunction with the National Malaria Control Programme, is conducting a survey on malaria parasite prevalence among children in the Greater Accra Region.
09/01/2020
International assets, an essential component of a well-balanced investment portfolioNinety
One’s Albert Coetzee discusses the right and wrong reasons for investing offshore.
08/31/2020
Malawi rights group queries Kenya firm Zamara pension deal
When pressed to present evidence of the allegations, Mr Trapence said only the Malawian anti-graft unit could comment on the investigations.
08/28/2020
Absa profit declines 85pc on provisions for defaults
The lender’s earnings were also dragged down by costs of rebranding from its former parent company Barclays Plc.
08/28/2020
CBN’s Intervention Funds as Catalysts for Economic Recovery
So far, over N49 billion out of N50 billion Targeted Credit Facility meant to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 on the economy has been disbursed.
08/26/2020
Covid-19. Afreximbank gave US $ 3.5 billion to African countries by June
The disclosure of the aid amount is contained in the report on the bank's first half accounts
08/23/2020
Sanlam posts Sh99m loss, invests in tech to navigate Covid
According to Tumbo, the Coronavirus pandemic has affected the supply of goods and services as well as consumption at all levels, both locally and globally.
08/21/2020
State mortgage firm to raise green bond 2021
The aim of the KMRC is to test the market for the green bond. It will seek to do book-building in advance in order to establish the appetite and expected return of the targeted investors.