Author: The Editorial Team

JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa)  – The Financial Times published on Thursday January 24 a first-ever special report on Innovation in South Africa. Africa editor David Pilling in his lead article writes that “homegrown innovators are fighting the brain drain and finding ways past a funding squeeze.” The six-page edition casts a bright light on South African technology, research, energy industry, white space television, and water solutions– one of the most positive indications of a…

Under the high patronage of the Tunisian Head of government and the Ministry of Development, Investment and International Cooperation of the Republic of Tunisia, the International Islamic Finance Training Institute (IIFTI) and I-Fintech Solutions (IFTS) are organizing the African Islamic Fintech Summit (SAIFI). SAIFI is jointly organized with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) and the Tunisian Association of Islamic Finance (TAIF) and will take place during the 16th and…

DAR ES SALAAM (Capital Markets in Africa) – Tanzania intends to cancel permits for mineral sites belonging to large-scale miners that remain undeveloped and will allocate the licences to smallholders, President John Magufuli said. The announcement comes amid a tax dispute between the state and Acacia Mining Plc, in which the government is demanding $190 billion in penalties, after claiming the company had under-declared export revenue since 2000. The East African nation surpassed its mining-revenue targets for the…