Author: The Editorial Team

LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is aiming to consolidate his lead in the polls in the final weeks of the general election campaign. On Sunday, he announced a safety-first policy package based on “sensible” promises, which included hiring 50,000 nurses for the country’s cherished National Health Service and cutting taxes for working people. Johnson carefully avoided the radical language and out-of-the-blue policy announcements that derailed his predecessor Theresa May’s campaign in 2017….

LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – Small and mid-sized accounting firms in the U.K. are poised to continue winning more audit business regardless of the outcome of the Dec. 12 election. The U.K.’s top parties, Conservative and Labour, both support audit market reforms and want to shift more business away from the domination of the Big Four firms. That means the inroads made this past year by three smaller firms—Mazars, MHA MacIntyre Hudson, and RSM—to…

AFSIC – Investing in Africa, scheduled for May 5th -7th 2020 in London, has confirmed over 300 speakers including a huge range of Africa’s most important investors, dealmakers and business leaders. AFSIC is focused on profiling Africa’s most compelling investment opportunities and promoting new business transactions through structured presentation sessions complemented by an array of networking events, business match-making meetings, workshops and country focussed sessions, offering multiple opportunities to network and develop strong business relationships…