Features | - Part 2

Global: Recent bank problems have not derailed our outlook

LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa): Over recent months the world economy has continued to prove more resilient than expected to the raft of shocks that it has faced over the past year or so. After a slightly better-than-initially-expected end to last year, clearer signs have emerged that Q1 should prove a pretty solid quarter for the world economy. China has rebounded more sharply than we expected a couple of months ago following the ending of…

Cybersecurity budgets: The delicate balance of spending money to save money

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Allocating sufficient budget to cyber threats can be a complex issue that requires the cooperation and coordination of all executives within an organisation. When a company’s financial and reputational welfare is at stake, it pays to effectively calculate the priority such risks should be awarded during budgeting, says Ryan Mer CEO at eftsure Africa, a Know Your Payee™ (KYP) platform provider. For CFOs, it’s not a question of whether…

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China: Risk of macro fallout will see policy err on side of caution

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa): Our house view is that recent bank failures are largely contained and in and of themselves do not represent a systemic threat. But market repricing and a shifting economic environment in the US/EU, alongside the PBOC’s surprise RRR cut, have led some to (once again) question China’s recovery and any associated contagion risk from tighter US and global financial conditions. This is so despite the recent contrast between US and…

Today’s main economic and political developments across the continent

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa): Zambia’s new dawn has given way to a chilly and overcast day. The country has effectively been in debt restructuring talks since 2020, and even the Hichilema administration, with the backing of business and multilaterals, has been able to make real inroads in this regard. The next two weeks will bring some clarity regarding the state of affairs and the way forward. In neighbouring Angola, the central bank has cut…

Investment: East African Survey Deep Dives into Challenges and Opportunities

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) — The lack of access to investors, the reliance on international VCs and global recessions trends are perceived as threats by respectively 59%, 56% and 55% of respondents; 28% of respondents indicated that covid 19 had slowed down investment across the East African start-up landscape, making it the biggest impacting factor over the last twelve months; 54% of seed businesses rely on family and friends to provide funding; 74% of…

The Misplaced Fury around Sound: Time to Put the Record Straight – NJ Ayuk

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Climate activists are making more than noise about 3D seismic studies being used to delineate oil and gas reserves offshore Africa. They’ve proceeded with legal action that may force Shell Plc to pull the plug permanently on its search for hydrocarbons along South Africa’s Wild Coast, the country’s poorest province. Seismic surveys use sound waves to help oil and gas companies build an image of hydrocarbon deposits buried deep underground. They are considered a fast…

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