03/13/2017
Tunis Stock Exchanges thinks big
The aim is to enable students of this university to combine practice with theory and to carry out the exchange trades on the spot.
Alternative Investments
03/13/2017
Diageo Unit to Offer Kenya's First Corporate Bond Since 2015
The issue is the first corporate bond since the collapse of Imperial Bank Ltd. in October 2015
03/09/2017
Sanlam initiative to help South African take charge of their finances
Sanlam’s head of savings, Trurman Zuma, says the importance of budgeting is hard to miss.
03/08/2017
African Development Bank and Forest Investment Program Sign Loan With Form Ghana Ltd to Restore Ghana's Forests
Ghana's forests, which once covered a third of its 24-million-hectare landmass, have been degraded at an alarming rate by excessive and often illegal logging
03/08/2017
Egypt's pound shows Nigeria must overcome its fear of floating free
But as Nigeria itself shows, currency reform cannot be half-hearted.
03/07/2017
SA asset management industry ‘slow to transform’
Black managers often don’t have a strong brand like their mainstream competitors
03/06/2017
Humaniq’s CryptoPension a Pancea to Africa’s Pension Worries
There is no way you can also count out the inadequacy of institutions that recognise properties of the poor.
03/06/2017
IsDB Group sets out a roadmap to promote the Arab-African trade
The Islamic Development Bank Group is leading a roadmap to strengthen the Arab – Sub-Saharan Africa in the next three years.
03/05/2017
Islamic Development Bank sets out roadmap to promote Arab-African trade
IDB’s support for development programs and infrastructure projects in Africa has reached more than $43 billion
03/05/2017
Growth is not possible without meaningful economic reform
We are seeing better and more synchronised growth globally’ – Johann Els, Old Mutual Investment Group.
03/03/2017
Africa's Top Hedge Fund Starts Food-Focused Private-Equity
That growth will need to access land and infrastructure in Africa.
03/02/2017
Morocco's Attijariwafa Bank signs deals with Ivory Coast defence ministry
The deals come over a month after soldiers in Ivory Coast reached an agreement with the government resolving a dispute over bonus payments that sparked a mutiny.
03/02/2017
Liberty drags down Standard Bank’s profits
Its personal and business banking division contributed both 56% of the group’s overall R121bn revenue and of its R22bn profit.
03/01/2017
Mall of Africa has great start but offshore disappoints Attacq
The Midrand mega-mall — Attacq’s single largest asset— has lured an average 1.1-million shoppers a month
02/28/2017
Liberty, Standard Bank developing short-term insurance offering
Analysts express concern about Liberty’s direction.
02/28/2017
Barclays Africa Plans Kenya Gold ETF Listing Early This Year
The Kenyan regulator approved the listing of 400,000 gold bullion debentures, each equivalent to 0.01 of an ounce of gold.
02/28/2017
Fund manager Cobus Kellermann’s farm fetches R12m at auction
It has been sold but it is subject to the liquidator’s confirmation
02/27/2017
Morocco Receives $7.6 Billion from Islamic Development Bank
In 2014, the IDB amounted to MAD 1.8 billion to Morocco in order to carry out drinking water supply projects in the regions of Agadir and Chtouka
02/27/2017
Africa Finance Corp seals $150m Nasdaq Dubai sukuk deal
It was also the first use of Nasdaq Dubai’s fast-growing Murabaha platform by an African entity
02/27/2017
Private equity in SA: fruitful partnerships
More than 200 African private equity deals were reported over the past year.