Managers of Wealth Africa

Allianz acquires Nigerian insurer

Ensure offers life and non-life insurance and generated gross premiums of €18.2m (£16.1m, $21.2m) in 2017.

Egyptian investment bank acquires 100% of Nigeria’s Primera Africa

We have been consistently focusing on ramping up our services in newly-entered markets

China’s investment in West Africa challenges France for business in its former colonies

Ivory Coast is the main focus, while Chinese loans and contracts also proliferate in French-speaking Senegal, Mali, Niger and Togo

UAE to invest $10 billion in South Africa

President Ramaphosa arrived on Friday and was received by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

UK stockbroker to woo FDI to zim

Economic analysts see the growing foreign investor interest in Zimbabwe as a seal of approval of the current administration’s policies

Germany issues $119m loan to support Tunisia banks

The loan agreement includes a €10 million ($11.9 million) grant which will be signed later to help implement agreed reforms.

Africa Investment Forum to boost development agenda across the continent

“AIF will work closely with investors and project sponsors to enable them to increase trade and investment in local and global markets, ensuring that projects are able to secure adequate and appropriate finance,” said Stella Kilonzo, senior di

Nedbank offers $75m offshore finance facility

She added that “the facility doesn’t have to be secured, as we don’t require tangible security

Euclid Transactional Expands into Europe, Middle East and Africa

Euclid Transactional Expands Transactional Insurance Program into Europe, Middle East and Africa in Cooperation with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Aspen Insurance

Tunisia: IsDB sells its stake in Zitouna Bank to Triki Group

The deal between the two parties came to fruition a few days

New Money: The Creation of Wealth in a Country Bereft of Socio-economic Safe Guards

To deny the creation of new wealth in Ghana is to misunderstand the fundamentals of an emerging market like Ghana.

Kenya turns to private bonds, seeks cheaper long-term funds

This would diversify the country’s debt portfolio and reduce banks’ dependence on government businesses, a fresh move to force local lenders back to the mass market.

DBN deploys $1.3bn balance sheet for MSMEs

On repayment terms for DBN loans, Okpanachi stated that the institution will “provide funds for up to 10 years in terms of actual repayment period but when necessary we also provide a moratorium of up to 18 months.

Gov’t plans GH¢300m monthly debt issuance for pension funds

With this reform, we hope to assert that pension funds are medium- to long-term in nature and require long-term instruments

Old Mutual Insurance Partners Ecobank On Bacassurance

The Old Mutual-Ecobank Bancassurance Partnership already exists across eight African countries with Nigeria projected to be the most robust in reach and spread.

Challenging times ahead for Mena private equity industry

Abraaj case likely to tarnish perceptions of PE investors

Intra-Africa trade boosted by launch of $1 bln promotion programme

"Our aim as a government is to increase the levels of South African investments in the rest of the continent through targeted support measures," Mataboge said.

Offshore investors in record sale of South African bonds

Foreigners dump local bonds in global emerging market selloff.

Old Mutual Returns to Africa as Breakup Ends London Listing

Shares open trading at 28.50 rand in Johannesburg comeback

Kenya, Africa hold great promise for foreign investors

In recent years, we have witnessed a robust opening up of markets in Africa driven by a middle class that is increasing the continent’s interaction with the rest of the world and opening up opportunities for trade.

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