Managers of Wealth Africa

IQ-EQ welcomes EG Capital to Launchpad programme

With a focus on achieving economic empowerment at the nexus of gender and climate action, EG Capital’s inaugural impact fund will invest in some of the fastest growing regions in Africa.

Business Leaders, Experts Rally Entrepreneurs on Productivity at FCMB Forum

Group Technology Programme Manager at FCMB Group Plc, Mr. Emeka Eboegbune equally offered tips on “How to harness technology in transforming your business”.

Insurance and your credit score: what you need to know

Your credit score is a three-digit number that helps lenders evaluate how safe or risky you are as a customer.

Traders are betting on a big interest rate hike for South Africa

Investors are betting the central bank will have to respond to price pressures fueled by the rising oil price.

African Development Bank signs agreement to fund regional financial market infrastructure of the West African Monetary Union

It is expected to facilitate access to securities issuance information and data for market stakeholders and allow them to have reliable real-time information on securities issuance.

Contributory Pension Scheme Will Aid Infrastructural Development, Says PenOP CEO

But the pension scheme is transparent, you can see where the money is going

Nairobi Hospital recovers Sh1 billion from insurers

In recent years, the hospital has been reeling under the weight of corruption including irregular tender awards, vicious boardroom wars, and huge debts from non-payment of insurance claims for services.

South Africa is out of runway: Nedbank CEO

For South Africa, this increasing gap between the rich and the poor has been exacerbated by the loss in local tourism

Will South Africans ever fall in love with hedge funds?

The R80bn run by hedge funds is dwarfed by the R3tn in long-only unit trusts.

Paulo Gomes strikes out with new boutique

A conversation with Paulo Gomes

Ethiopia launches fund to lure billions of dollars in foreign investment

Addis Ababa seeks to open up state-dominated economy as it tries to recover economic momentum

Savory & Partners: Emerging Investment Migration Markets - Kenya

The Kenyan economy is one of the fastest-growing ones in the African continent. Kenya's GDP has had an average growth rate of 4.62% in the past decade and a half and is primed to continue to grow

Ratings agency Fitch pours cold water on Godongwana's budget

This has allowed the finance minister to stabilise government debt a year earlier than expected, at a lower level of 75.1% of GDP.

Tanzania Financial Markets Perform Well - Absa Africa Report

The country did not perform well incapacity of local investors and legality and enforceability of standard financial markets agreements.

Two-pot pension system 'not a silver bullet for emergencies'

Despite the positive impact anticipated, Tsatsi says the changes could lead to reduced savings for retirement.

Nigeria’s TradeDepot acquires Accra-based Green Lion to accelerate expansion across Ghana

The company, which raised a US$110 million Series B funding round in December

Investec plans to double clients in four years, outpacing growth of SA economy

That’s helped its shares become the best performing bank stock - with a market value exceeding $1 billion - in Africa and the Middle East in the past year.

African private equity: compelling opportunities while many foreign investors remain on the sidelines

Explanations cited by major institutional investors as to their continuing reluctance to invest in African PE essentially boil down to three factors

Budget 2022 | 'We've got hope': Godongwana uses R180bn tax bonanza to boost public finances

The effect will be that SA will be able to consolidate its rising debt burden sooner and at a lower level than anticipated a year ago.

FirstBank, CDC/BII to Support Women, SMEs With $100m Credit Facility

Enabling financial inclusion for SMEs has been a strategic priority for FirstBank over the last 128 years.

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