Managers of Wealth Africa

Workplace Stress During COVID-19: 5 Ways to Support Your Employees’ Mental Well-being

Taking care of your mental well-being is essential to staying healthy, staying resilient and moving your business forward.

Rand continues to slide over fears of Covid-19 variant and tougher lockdown restrictions for South Africa

The country has only recently secured a deal to receive its first coranavirus vaccines, but barely enough for the country’s 1.25 million health workers.

Africa’s billionaires – from Motsepe to Dangote – fight to stamp out Covid-19

Governments are leading the Covid-19 response, but the continent’s richest citizens are contributing their part to the team effort, sometimes even getting ahead of public sector initiatives.

Corona still a threat to Kenya's economy - Oigara

He is, however,confident that social-economic resilience exhibited in 2020 will give the country strength to businesses.

Govt Mulls Inclusion of Covid-19 Tests Into Health Insurance Schemes

In recent weeks, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has been putting in more effort to improve citizens' access to the testing services.

Ten Ways Covid-19 Has Changed the World Economy Forever

Big government staged a comeback as the social contract between society and the state got rewritten on the fly.

SA records more than a million cumulative cases of Covid-19

"Our recoveries currently stand at 844,874. This represents a recovery rate of 84,1%."

Africa needs about $9 billion for COVID-19 vaccines, access is big problem -Afreximbank

Afreximbank estimates that Africa will need to spend about $5.8 billion on purchasing vaccines and about $3.3 billion to deliver them to reach the target of vaccinating at least 60% of 1.3 billion Africans beginning in 2021.

How Covid-19 changed online trading and what 2021 has in store

We will continue to see those from diverse backgrounds becoming interested in short term speculating and long-term investing.

Covid-19: CDC cautions Americans against travelling to East Africa

“Travel may increase your chance of getting and spreading Covid-19,” the CDC said in a statement on its website.

Covid-19 resilience, innovation wins Stanbic Bank top award

The Banker is a member of the Financial Times Group renowned for being one of the trusted sources of global banking information.

South Africa Virus Fears Cloud Outlook for Banks Tied to Econ

That follows restrictions in the second quarter that shuttered everything but essential services.

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

Over 4,500 delegates from across the globe including Government Officials, Governors and Executive Directors of the Bank Group, the Bank’s Senior Management, and leading experts and heads of institutions tuned in to the lecture.

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

The former UK prime minister addressed a virtual audience on the topic Building Back Better in Post COVID-19 Africa: The Role of Technology and Governance, as part of the Kofi A. Annan Lecture Series

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

Chioke said data from Bitcoin promoters in the country have shown that Nigeria recently overtook the United States as the country with the most downloads of the Bitcoin wallet.

Banks provided R50bn in financial relief over lockdown

But there’s little demand for state-backed loan guarantee scheme.

How Africa Can Self-Finance its Economic Recovery

The continent must now navigate economic recovery while building resilience to future shocks.

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

The Sh1.3 trillion industry is facing its toughest test with some schemes reporting defaults by employers

African banks - finding balance between post-pandemic challenges and opportunities

While the big banks have been affected by the pandemic, they still have liquidity and strong capital levels and should not need to raise capital as a result of the impact of COVID-19.

How the virus worsened South Africa’s debt woes

While the rand is near its best level since March and bond yields have recovered from a blowout when a virus lockdown started, the generic 10-year yield remains above 9%, suggesting a risk premium is still priced in on the country’s debt.