04/22/2019

Mauritians eyeing more investments in East Africa

Kenya has attracted the largest number of investors, with data showing that the islanders have invested over Ksh10 billion ($100 million) in the country, mostly in financial services and the sugar sector.

04/22/2019

Why foreigners are buying luxury homes in Kenya

“The tourist season is also one of the longest anywhere at 40 weeks a year, with no typhoon season or extreme weather conditions to trouble it—only the rainy season around Easter.

04/17/2019

South Africa’s Hopes

Ramaphosa’s rise to power produced a wave of optimism that governance would improve in South Africa.

04/17/2019

Standard Bank restructures its new coal generation model

"We consider long-term impacts alongside shorter-term outcomes, and balance the interests of the Group, stakeholders and societies in which we operate to deliver positive impacts and create sustainable value on the African continent."

04/16/2019

The risks when investing offshore

Chris Potgieter, head of Old Mutual Wealth Private Clients Securities, says the economic centre of the world is shifting towards the south and the east, yet the centre of the global equity market remains very much in the north and west.

04/15/2019

Global capital warms up to Africa investments

“While the flows of global capital to Africa remain a small percentage of global flows, the continent has a growing ability to deploy these flows and to offer attractive returns at acceptable levels of risk.

04/15/2019

Afreximbank’s COFIT programme kicks off

“Afreximbank offered partial scholarships of 50 per cent to five students from African partner organizations to attend the programme to enable them gain essential insight, awareness and understanding of international trade, both for career developme