05/02/2018
AfDB | Cairo to Cape Town road boosts cross-border economies
Magufuli said the Dodoma-Babati road will improve the lives of people living in Tanzania and neighbouring countries.
Alternative Investments
05/01/2018
Why Uhuru’s recent visit to UK was important to Kenya’s economy
A notable decline was also recorded in value of imports from Italy at 5.7 per cent.
04/30/2018
Mozambique cracks open its cashews to boost the economy
Government looking to help the curved, nutrient-packed nut to recover its past glory
04/30/2018
Spreading the African Dream
Africapitalism is not difficult to understand.
04/30/2018
Municipal workers pension fund wants millions of rand back from investment firm
The former official at SALA – a municipality fund with close to 20,000 members and boasts assets worth R16 billion – also allegedly received an SUV as a gift for securing the deal.
04/27/2018
Who is Sanjeev Gupta? India-born businessman set to buy second bank in UK
With this deal, the 46-year-old founder of industrial group Liberty House looks to expand the financial services assets in his global business empire, Reuters reported.
04/27/2018
Angola's sovereign wealth fund says to remove Quantum Global as asset manager
Quantum Global could not immediately be reached for comment.
04/26/2018
Explore alternative sources of funding pension schemes - Bawumia
ice President Bawumia said this at a high-level stakeholders meeting on unification of the pension schemes in the public sector, in Accra on Wednesday.
04/26/2018
Global sukuk to grow 15%-20% in 2018, says Franklin Templeton
While growth has tapered in Islamic finance in general over the past two or three years, Kronfol attributed this to the high base of rapid expansion seen in the industry in the past 10 to 15 years.
04/25/2018
Zimbabwe may launch Sh350 billion sovereign bond issue post election
Zimbabwe has not received funding from the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and African Development Bank since it defaulted on its debt in 1999.
04/25/2018
World Bank to help African property developers go green
The two-day conference brought together over 500 delegates, 150 expert speakers and 20 exhibitors to review issues affecting the East African real estate market.
04/24/2018
Time for business to take lead in Africa
The Shared Value business model is the key to unlocking the business growth and profit in addressing social issues.
04/24/2018
UBA shareholders commend African subsidiaries for impressive performance
The Chairman, Progressive Shareholders Association of Nigeria, Mr. Boniface Okezie, praised the Group Managing Director of the bank for his hard work in ensuring that the bank recorded improved performance in the year under review.
04/24/2018
African pension funds urged to invest in their own ‘story’
Power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Africa are still considered risky business for project finance providers
04/23/2018
Comeback Kid Eskom Boosts South African Corporate Bond Sales
The year-to-date increase is mostly related to borrowing by Eskom, which increased to 6.4 billion rand, compared with 716 million rand in the comparable period last year.
04/20/2018
African Infrastructure can Secure your Pension
Today’s “world population pin code” is 1114, which means that roughly 1 billion people live in the Americas, Europe and Africa respectively and 4 billion live in Asia.
04/20/2018
EIB, AfDB To Support Private Sector Investment In Nigeria With DBN Backing
The Development Bank of Nigeria has been created by the Federal Government of Nigeria to address financing challenges hindering private sector investment in the country.
04/20/2018
Responsible investors channel over $400 billion into Africa
“Over $400 billion in financial assets have been directed to investing for impact in Southern Africa, East Africa and West Africa. ”
04/20/2018
African bluechips need to start corporate venture arms to invigorate startup funding
African corporates need access to the most up to date technology and best-in-class organizational practices to be competitive across global markets.
04/19/2018
Whipped investment funds are sticking with Resilient
Despite nervousness about whether market regulators will find the property group guilty of share price manipulation.