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Citigroup Signals New Strategy for Expansion into Africa
Citigroup has given its strongest signal yet that Africa could feature in its global expansion strategy through acquisitions on the continent. The acquisitions would help build its transaction services business in Africa once the U.S. government has sold off its stake in the bank.
Francesco Vanni d’Archirafi, Citigroup’s chief executive officer of global transaction [...]
Renaissance Capital launches South Africa operations, hires Clifford Sacks
Renaissance Capital, the emerging markets investment bank, announces today that Clifford Sacks will join as CEO South Africa and Head of Pan-African Equities and will lead the Firm’s expansion into the continent’s largest economy. Sacks joins from Merrill Lynch, where he was Co-CEO South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The South Africa operation will act as a [...]
Kenya Hosts Banking & Mobile Money Transfer COMESA Conference
Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, will open AITEC’s annual Banking & Mobile Money Conference for the COMESA region, to be held at the Kenyatta International Conference Center from February 24th - 25th. Also speaking in the opening session will be Professor Njuguna Ndung’u, Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya.
The [...]
Bourse Africa takes Root in Botswana
Bourse Africa is the first pan-African spot and / or derivatives multi asset exchange to offer trading in commodities, currencies, bonds and diamonds, under the regulatory framework of the Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority(NBFIRA).
The exchange will have a pan-African presence through a hub and spoke model that will connect all the major countries in Africa. [...]
African Linkages for African Growth: Promoting New Trade and Investment Flows
The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) is pleased to announce its flagship Africa Investment Forum (AIF) to be held on 21th-22th September in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Forum provides a platform to bring investors and projects together to enhance African trade and investment, and to build new [...]
Investing in African Stock Markets
Investing in African stock markets is not for the faint of heart. Finding a reliable stockbroker can be difficult; Companies’ casual approaches to financial reporting often make good analysis impossible; and managing multiple trading accounts from a faraway time zone is a hassle. In the past few months, however, some changes have taken place that [...]
4th Annual Audit, Risk & Governance Africa Conference
Africa’s Premier Event for Audit Directors, Risk Managers,
Anti-Corruption Pioneers & Government Leaders
A Unique, Interactive Learning Format Includes:
20th July Enterprise Risk Management – Intensive Workshop
21st July Fraud & Corruption Summit 2009
22nd & 23rd July Audit, Risk & Governance Africa Conference 2009
- Lining Up Assurance: Audit & Governance Today
- Best Practice Audit, Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility
- [...]
Nairobi Stock Exchange Broker Introduces Stock Trading on Mobile Devices
Standard Investment Bank on Thursday introduced a new value added short message service (SMS) to its clients, which provides for mobile trading on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.
“Clients are increasingly getting busy and do not find time to physically come to the offices. The product, therefore, aims at offering that convenience of time as well as [...]
The Euromoney Kenya Investment Conference
Euromoney is delighted to announce the launch of its Kenya Investment Conference on 24-25 March 2009. Kenya is the wealthiest economy in East Africa and plays a pivotal role in the wider region. With GDP growth predicted to reach 7% this year, the economy is growing strongly, with the private sector playing an ever increasing [...]
Fixing Zimbabwe’s Economy to cost $5 Billion
Last year, official inflation based rates on the Zimbabwe dollar were estimated to be at a whopping 231 million percent(231,000,000%). This once thriving economy is in the last stages of hyperinflation rendering its currency virtually useless. As a result, Zimbabwe’s new unity government has already taken a multi-currency approach by paying civil servants in US [...]
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