03/13/2018
Morocco, Qatar Step up their Cooperation, Sign a Dozen Accords
In this connection, they decided to open shortly a shipping line between Casablanca and Hamed ports to give momentum to trade exchanges between the two countries.
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03/12/2018
ZIM Central Bank asked to pay Mugabe Monthly Pension in Cash
Mariyawanda Nzuwah asked the central bank to pay Robert Mugabe’s pension pay-out of nearly $500,000 and his monthly pension of more than $13,000 in cash.
03/12/2018
MCE Bank of Africa launches its 4th edition of the African Entrepreneurship Award
During the past 3 years the Award was dedicated to projects in Education, Environment, and Uncharted categories.
03/12/2018
Asset management boosts BIHL profits
Botswana Insurance Holding Limited’s operating profits increased by 18 % in the last financial year.
03/09/2018
How mega projects mask uncertain future in Morocco
Instead of the big schemes, the government should pour more investments into basic infrastructure and services to close the social divide
03/09/2018
Energy fuelling Africa’s arbitration growth
The key discussion of arbitration issues in Africa came during a session chaired by Bukola Faturoti of Robert Gordon University in Scotland.
03/08/2018
SAHAM Group Becomes a Pan-African Investment Fund and Sells its Insurance Business to Sanlam
Transformation of SAHAM Group into a Pan-African investment fund
03/06/2018
Zambia reaps benefits of green fund
Not since Zambia hosted the GCF board meeting in November 2015 in the tourist capital, Livingstone, has this sort of meeting made so much meaning for the country than now. And for good measure, the Zambian delegation here is upbeat going forward.
03/02/2018
Afreximbank plans $1 billion share sale over next five years
The bank is completing the filing process with the local bourse and depository.
03/01/2018
Arise takes stake in Mozambique’s Moza bank
Arise is a company set up by the Norwegian Development Assistance Fund
03/01/2018
Zimbabwean Billionaire Strive Masiyiwa Acquires Stake In IFlix
Strive Masiyiwa is Zimbabwe’s first billionaire with a fortune FORBES estimates at $1.7 billion.
02/26/2018
Entrepreneur launches SA’s first online skills portal for graduates
The result was SkillsRus, which is as “easy to use as a dating platform”.
02/26/2018
China Development Bank promises investment into specific sectors of Nigerian economy
Nigeria is a great power in terms of politics and economy,and there has been several areas of cooperation between both countries,especially since Apric 2016
02/21/2018
The Congo to start debt-relief talks after borrowing $2bn
The Congo has recently appointed investment bank Lazard as an advisor to help it renegotiate debts
02/21/2018
National Treasury to assist state-owned companies
To confront these issues, we will assist them to develop and implement robust turnaround plans
02/20/2018
Islamic Development Bank to join forces with China-led AIIB
Partnership aims to address infrastructure funding gap in Africa
02/19/2018
Sukuk Issuance in Africa: A Prospect for Further Growth
Sukuk has proven its viability and dynamism as a global product for fund-raising and investment activities in the international financial markets and this has been a key driver behind the interest in Islamic finance.
02/19/2018
Vizor Supervisory Solution Launched by the Pensions and Insurance Authority of Zambia
Furthering their mission to regulate the conduct of the pensions and insurance industry in order to protect stakeholder interests, the Pensions and Insurance Authority of Zambia “go live” with Vizor Software.
02/19/2018
How the defined retirement scheme works in Kenya
To understand the key difference between how a DB and a DC scheme operates, you simply have to look at the name.
02/13/2018
Investments on education ins South Africa proving successful
Last year, the metric pass rates of the 10 schools rose to 92%, surpassing the national average of 75.1%.