Payments messaging booms in Africa
Payments and securities transactions are growing faster in Africa than in the rest of the world, according to financial messaging institution SWIFT. Traffic volumes of ...
Payments and securities transactions are growing faster in Africa than in the rest of the world, according to financial messaging institution SWIFT. Traffic volumes of ...
The value of trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange fell 22% in the first quarter of 2015 (compared to 2014), the bourse has been hit ...
Commodity exchange trading floors failed in in 5 countries, but at least 8 new commodity exchanges were started in sub-Saharan Africa over the past two ...
How will stock exchanges stay relevant by tackling the problems of their societies, and participating in the giant growth set to follow? That question was ...
African pension funds in 10 countries already have $379 billion in assets under management and continue to grow. Are there enough opportunities for them to ...
Nairobi is ranked the most attractive city for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa but North African cities and Johannesburg dominate the continent in an ...
Leading website and magazine Private Equity Africa lists the top 10 Africa private equity deals from 2014, with data from Preqin. Top are two telecoms ...
Leading African private investment firm Helios Investment Partners, says it is about to close its 3rd Africa-focused private equity fund Helios III at the $1.1 ...
South Africa’s Public Investment Corporation has established 2 funds and plans to invest at least $1 billion into African investments outside South Africa, including $213 ...
Rwanda Stock Exchange says it is close to an Automated Trading System using technology from Nasdaq OMX and will link to the National Bank's central ...
Ethiopia saw soaring demand yesterday (4 Dec) for its debut $1bn Eurobond, after a quick US roadshow. Total demand was $2.6bn and the yield on ...
Private companies have proposed to the Ethiopian and Djibouti governments a $1.4 billion pipeline to bring petroleum to a distribution centre in Awash, Ethiopia. It ...
9 reasons Africa tops investors' agenda, Eddy Njoroge told African Securities Exchanges Association, include: economy to rise from $1.1trn to $3.9trn in 5 years, the ...
The Nigerian Stock Exchange signed a capital markets agreement with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to support African companies seeking dual listings in London ...
The Ethiopian Government recently closed a $865m financing package to fund part of the development of the country's giant new railway infrastructure, with 5,060km of ...
China is to build a huge new port and special economic zone in Tanzania worth at least $10 billion. Construction is due to start on ...
The Nairobi Securities Exchange went live trading government and corporate bonds on an automated trading system, marking another step into Africa for South Africa’s financial ...
Ethiopia’s Finance Minister is meeting international banks Barclays, Citi and BNP Paribas about a planned Eurobond issue for late December 2014 or January 2015. The ...
The framework for linking West African securities exchanges starts with direct market access (DMA). A stockbroker on one West African exchange can transact on the ...
The well-respected CEO of the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Peter Mwangi, is to take up a new job as Group CEO at insurance company Old Mutual ...