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Mauritius As an Investment Hub For African

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – What role can Mauritius play as an investment hub for Africa, at a time where the continent continues to face financing gaps when it comes to the future development of its infrastructure? Energy projects are currently consuming around 60% of African infrastructure investment, and there continues to be significant demand for public and private investment to address the water supply, sanitation and ICT amongst others. It has been estimated…

Investment in Zambia: Emerging Opportunities

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Zambia’s economy has experienced a turnaround following the recovery of commodity prices (especially copper), better rainfall resulting in greater agricultural and hydroelectricity output, strong central bank measures to stabilize the economy, and robust pro-business fiscal policies. Specifically, copper has risen from US$5,000/tonne to over US$7,000/tonne, the Bank of Zambia has lowered the policy rate from 15.5% to 9.75%, and government has removed fuel subsidies and increased electricity tariffs. Consequently,…

THE ALPHA STORY IN AFRICA

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Many investors are familiar with the African growth story. The young demographic, growing middle class and attractive GDP growth prospects have been recited before and I am sure we can agree that the long-term growth story sounds superb. For investors with a long-term horizon, these fundamentals make Africa the perfect place to invest your money for the next 10-20 years especially as most of the developed regions do not…

The Kenya Banking Sector: Current Tends and Prospects

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya’s banking sector has proven resilient over the last few years, continuing to deliver growth despite the tougher operating environment. The country has a total of 42 commercial banks, of which 11 are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange; with 1 mortgage finance company, 13 microfinance banks and 3 credit reference bureaus, all regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya. Financial inclusion continues to rise, reaching 75.3% in 2016…

African Could Drive A Globally New Stock Exchange Model

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – For decades, analysts and influencers have believed that Africa would emerge from its colonised past most powerfully by developing new business and economic models. The global economy had evolved in the West and could therefore not hope to accurately serve the needs of nations that had been bereft of wealth and self-determination for so long. Africa would need to leapfrog Western habits of thinking, creating new approaches to politics,…

The Development of Capital Markets in Sub-Saharan African From an Insurance Perspective

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – When we talk about growth in Africa and all its opportunities and challenges, we probably do not relate this to insurance. When I think back to my old days at school, insurance was something for risk-averse people and probably had little to contribute to growth and development. This article argues that the impact of insurance on growth is indeed significant, but that this impact could be even stronger if…

Establish Operational Resilience in Financial Institutions

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Historically, financial institutions focussed on internal business resilience management (i.e. business continuity plans and testing thereof) and this was generally enough to ensure operational resilience. However, mass protest actions, terrorism, social and/or political unrest, ailing national infrastructure, interconnectedness of financial systems, increase in denial of service attacks and increasing use of and/or reliance on third parties to support key operations are forcing financial institutions to change the way in…

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