11/05/2018
Companies that invested in these bonds have had to make expensive write-offs of the paper, which in turn has raised the risk that buyers are associating with company bonds thus the decision to desist from buying existing paper in the market.
11/02/2018
The six projects have been realised thanks to the South African Renewable Energy Independent Power Procurement Program and will sell their electricity to South Africa's state-owned utility Eskom under 20-year power purchase agreements
11/02/2018
The four categories of the Ibrahim Index of African Governance are Safety & Rule of Law, Participation & Human Rights, Sustainable Economic Opportunity and Human Development.
11/02/2018
It offers residences, stylish commercial offices and a five-star hotel joined together at the base of both towers by a five- storey shopping mall and entertainment centre.
11/02/2018
He further emphasized the need for other players in the industry to emulate the example set by People’s Pension Trust
11/01/2018
The world’s largest producer of green stones has unearthed a 5,655-carat emerald crystal at its mines in Zambia.
11/01/2018
The transaction would take direct shareholding by black investors in Sanlam to 18%.
10/31/2018
Airtel Africa subsequently intends to make an initial public offering and use the proceeds primarily for further reduction of debt
10/31/2018
It will also seek about 37bn shillings of commercial debt, he said, without giving more details.
10/30/2018
The ADRiFi programme is directly aligned with the Bank’s ‘High 5’ priorities, particularly “Feed Africa” and “Improving the Quality of Life of Africans”. It is also aligned with the Bank’s Climate Change Act
10/29/2018
The GCF has also released money to finance the Programme for Integrated Development and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Niger Basin
10/29/2018
In their report-back media briefing session, various ministers mentioned amounts pledged to their sectors – but none could specify if the investments were in the pipeline, had already started or were even at proposal stage.
10/29/2018
These are huge numbers of people who are not getting an opportunity to access a loan
10/24/2018
The CFF will co-fund projects and businesses that mitigate or adapt to climate change.
10/23/2018
Credit insurance is one of such instruments involving a specialized market with currently low penetration in Africa, but intent on playing a more active role.
10/23/2018
These results derived from a year-long project to boost Crunchbase’s Africa data capture and increase awareness of its platform across the continent’s tech ecosystem.
10/23/2018
The report ranks markets based on six pillars: market depth, access to foreign exchange, market transparency, tax and regulatory environment, macroeconomic opportunity and the legality and enforceability of standard financial markets master agreements.
10/23/2018
The report also observed that Egypt had the most diversified market in Africa
10/21/2018
Despite the reality checks provided by recent gross domestic product and unemployment data, leading business cycle indicators were on an upward trajectory.
10/19/2018
Investec Asset Management said it had bought shares in Richfield Holdings, but did not disclose the size of the stake or cost of the deal.