03/21/2019
Cyril Ramaphosa's goal to woo foreign investment yields success
South African Reserve Bank (SARB) said in its quarterly bulletin that foreign direct investment inflows rose to R70.7-billion in 2018 from R26.8 billion the prior year.
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03/21/2019
Mauritius may be the ideal Plan B
The ‘Singapore of Africa’ offers one of the most progressive investment environments on the continent.
03/21/2019
Indonesia strengthens its presence in Africa through deeper economic ties
With the positive trends continuing, the country is ready to take further steps to enhance economic ties with Africa.
03/21/2019
Merger: NSE Places Diamond Bank Shares on Trading Suspension
Shareholders of the bank had approved the merger early this month.
03/20/2019
Sasfin half year earnings jump 60%
The Group has taken meaningful strides in terms of its three-pronged strategy in respect of innovation, namely to build, invest and collaborate.
03/20/2019
Global investors eye bigger slice of Chinese bond market
International bond investors have begun to notice the country’s recent moves to open up its markets
03/20/2019
Kenya Reinsurance issues profit warning, net earnings to decline by over 25 per cent
Early last year the company said it was considering buying stakes in national re-insurance companies in order to bolster its market share.
03/20/2019
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03/20/2019
Ghana's $3 Billion Bonds Get Bids More Than 6 Times the Offering
The West African nation sold debt in a three-part deal
03/20/2019
South Africa's FDI inflows reach five-year high in 2018 - central bank
Portfolio investment inflows fell to 90 billion rand in 2018 from 278.8 billion rand the previous year, with outflows of 33.9 billion rand recorded in the final quarter of 2018, the central bank said.
03/20/2019
Lagos Pension Fund Hits N170bn
The retirees of the Lagos State Public Service have invaluable experience and insight
03/19/2019
Invest pension funds in real sector — CEO of Axis Pension Group
He said government borrowing went mainly into recurrent expenditure, and, therefore, it was not prudent that majority of pension funds were lent to the government.
03/18/2019
Ghana’s President to open SWIFT African Regional Conference in Accra.
Alain Raes, Chief Executive of Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific at SWIFT, said: “We are honoured that His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo will deliver the keynote address and open our flagship African event.
03/18/2019
United States’ Investment in Urbanization of Nigeria
The development and urbanization of Nigeria is a mutual interest of the United States and Nigeria itself.
03/18/2019
All set for East Africa's first gold trading hub to fight smuggling
Geita produces over 40 per cent of the gold exported from the country.
03/15/2019
African Development Bank to boost green energy funding
The AfDB also launched a new facility to provide concessional finance to projects that can help countries to deliver baseload power with renewable energy sources.
03/15/2019
Top accolades for ENSafrica’s banking and finance team
The team's performance was exceptional,’ citing the lawyers' ‘tremendous attention to detail’ and ‘their dedication to meeting the client's requests’ and also commenting that the team is ‘very good at wha
03/15/2019
Stating the case for South African hedge funds by Jeanni Andrag-Coetzee
Top hedge funds have outperformed in the JSE ALSI and long-only space by a huge margin.
03/15/2019
Barclays sees data analytics driving loan book growth
"Our revenues grew by five per cent — the fastest growth since 2016 — and we are pretty proud of it because banking revenues have been relatively benign over the last three years."
03/15/2019
ARC results disappoint as SA challenges bite
Performance ‘significantly impacted’ by pedestrian economic growth.