Wealth and Asset Management

‘Elon Musk should share his wealth with South Africa’

SA’s Super-Rich Haven’t Let COVID-19 Stop The Jet-Setting Lifestyle

Are my assets forfeited to the state should I die without leaving a valid will?

Paul Hanratty’s plan for Sanlam

Winners Of WealthBriefing MENA Awards for Excellence 2020

What It Takes To Crack SA’s Richest 1%

Executive Moves

Appointments and Reassignments At the African Development Bank

Equity Appoints Samuel Onyango As A New Director To The Kenya Board

International Family Office launches UK advisory board

AfDB Names Augustine K. Ngafuan Country Manager for Uganda

Funke Feyisitan-Ladimeji appointed Executive Director, Coronation Merchant Bank

African Development Bank appoints Country Managers

Legal

Warning over rise in fraudulent credit applications in South Africa

South African fraudster jailed for seven years

Fifa orders Kenyan team to pay ex-player $18,000 over contract breach

High court lifts freeze on SportPesa’s bank accounts

Appleby Shortlisted for Mauritius Law Firm of the Year

Appleby Shortlisted For Mauritius Law Firm Of The Year

FinTech

Kenyan bank launches mobile payments service

Hope PSBank delivers digital banking services to Customers

Entersekt and Cellulant Partner to Deliver Safer Mobile Banking Solutions

StandChart Ghana declared Digital Bank of the Year, its SC Mobile app named Mobile Banking App of the Year

La Community Bank to introduce mobile banking services

Double Win For Objectway Wealthtech Suite At Xcelent 2020 Awards

Retail Banking

One SA unit trust would have almost doubled your money in a year. Here are the best, worst funds

Nigeria’s Big Five Banks Report 2.4% Profit Growth In Nine Months

Absa launches new business account for startups

SA banks to see limited fallout from debt downgrades

Standard Bank Instant Money extends cash out points to 15,000 retail locations

Equity wins SME Bank of the Year at global finance awards

Investment Banking

Standard Chartered nine months profit falls by 31 per cent

Standard Bank’s Money Market Select account offers investors flexibility and higher interest rates

Capitalmind, Investec and BlackArch team up for global footprint

Nedbank revises growth forecast for 2020

Big shake-up at Standard Bank

Standard Bank to go ‘customer-centric’ in executive shake-up

Alternative Investments

AfricInvest acquires minority stake in Fidelity Bank, Ghana

IFC mulls over $150mln loans to Absa Bank for green projects

Moroccan Aradei Capital gets approval for an IPO

South Africa needs to contain rising debt, says Mboweni

Higher public debt threatens S.Africa's financial system, c.bank says

UAE-based financial comparison website eyes expansion in Gulf, North Africa

Comment, Analysis & Research

Axis of inequality: how black women are kept at the bottom of the economy

2020’s Ten Most Influential startups in Africa: Flutterwave

Ghana recovering faster than expected, says governor Addison

Nigeria’s richest plough money into Africa’s biggest economy

The strength of African women can lift communities out of Covid crisis

Banking with tears in Nigeria

Tax

These types of homes in South Africa are seeing the best returns right now

Report Shows Wealthy Kenyans Are Hiding Untaxed Sh457 Billion in Offshore Accounts

Time for African countries to take a stand against tax abuse

Is overtime or commission taxed differently to your salary – and other tax deductions you should be aware of

Treasury plans wealth tax for Covid recovery

African nations must take a stand against tax abuse and illicit financial flows

Regulation,Tax & Compliance

Digitisation, COVID-19 prompt reduced headcount at Absa

SA Ends Cheques As The Old Paper Sees The Beginning Of The End In Africa

South Africa to Lift Dividend Guidance Once Out of Virus Crisis

Why Ghana needs a new financial sector regulation architecture (By Woelinam Dogbe)

Access Bank, IFC Empower 50 Female Entrepreneurs

Bank of Ghana keeps policy rate at 14.5%

ESG

Kenya, Britain $11m climate change war chest ahead of Glasgow meeting

Join hands for a strong global recovery from COVID-19, urges African Development Bank President

Green route may be among few financing options for government

Corrected-S.African investors exit local coal project on climate concerns

Commitment to sustainability opening doors to post-pandemic capital in Africa

Commitment to sustainability opening doors to post-pandemic capital in Africa

Covid-19

COVID-19 is a ‘wake-up command’ to address Africa’s challenges - Tony Blair

COVID-19 is a ‘wake-up command’ to address Africa’s challenges - Tony Blair

COVID-19 cut foreign investments to three-year low at $1.3tr

Banks provided R50bn in financial relief over lockdown

How Africa Can Self-Finance its Economic Recovery

Employers hold Sh2.3bn in pension cash as Corona eats into revenues