African Economic Outlook 2018 flagship report is released
“African economies have been resilient and gaining momentum. Real output growth is estimated to have increased 3.6% in 2017 and to accelerate to 4.1% in ...
“African economies have been resilient and gaining momentum. Real output growth is estimated to have increased 3.6% in 2017 and to accelerate to 4.1% in ...
Despite a great year on the main US markets in 2017, many African stock exchanges offered USD investors a higher return. Biggest gain in USD ...
According to www.Alexa.com, in rankings today (9 Jan) the Nigerian Stock Exchange website was ranked #83,112 busiest website in the world ahead of the Egyptian ...
African share issuers have raised $1.4bn in 2017 through initial public offers (IPOs) of shares, compared to $1.2bn in 2016.
The Mexican standoff at the London Stock Exchange saw everyone getting hit, after CEO Xavier Rolet quit suddenly, cutting short a Dec 2018 transition. A ...
Traditional assets under management in 12 African countries were $634bn in 2014, set to reach $1.1trn in 2020 (PwC). South Africa's $124bn GEPF is the ...
African pension fund regulators and PPP practitioners have much to learn from Latin American examples on how to let local funds invest into infrastructure, while ...
A round-up of recent African IPOs and other listings, many over-subscribed, shows demand and innovation - Namibia scored its first SPAC and Mauritius listed ...
Investors have been snapping up Africa-focused IPOs of shares; future listings include a reported offer by Vivo Energy and AfriTin, Cytonn Investments and Hystead.
Leading emerging and frontier markets investment bank and stockbroker Exotix Capital continues to add senior hires in key African markets, adding to the strengthening of ...
Investor institutions are protesting moves by UK capital-markets regulator, Financial Conduct Authority, to alter listing standards to accommodate a potential $2 trillion listing of Aramco ...
Rand Merchant Bank’s (RMB) Where to Invest in Africa 2018 report shows changes in the top investment destinations in Africa. Egypt is the new number ...
Zimbabwe Stock exchange continues to soar, with gains of 9.3% yesterday (14 September) in its industrials index which closed at 379.95, up by 163% this ...
The CEO of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX), Ermias Eshetu, has tendered his resignation, according to a news report. He will stay until a successor ...
The Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) has received at least $29m in donor funding since 2008 but is it achieving its aims of transforming agriculture for ...
Monica Singer, former CEO of South African CSD Strate, left at the end of August 2017 after nearly 20 years. She will concentrate full time ...
Hasnain Malik, Global Head of Equities Research at frontier markets investment bank Exotix Capital, comments: "Kenyatta's provisional win will soothe those investors who feared a ...
Vodacom Tanzania's extended $213 million IPO closed 28 July and results are to be announced 7 August, with the listing on the Dar es Salaam ...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange has gone live with a new market-surveillance IT platform powered by SMARTS, a solution supplied by Nasdaq.
Court is the next battleground in a war between securities exchanges in South Africa. New exchange 4AX launched a High Court application to set aside ...