Features | - Part 249

The illicit flow of funds moves billions of dollars in Africa — Thabo Mbeki

LUANDA, Angola, Capital Markets in Africa — The continent of Africa loses over 50 thousand million dollars each year as a result of the illicit flow of funds, Thabo Mbeki (former president of South Africa and now head of the UNECA-AU High-level Panel on Illicit Financials Flows From Africa) told the meeting of the Group of African Governors affiliated with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, known as the African Caucus. “Africa faces the…

Diversification of the economy requires a consistent policy — Abraao Gourgel

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LUANDA, Angola, Capital Markets in Africa — The Minister for the Economy of Angola, Abraão Gourgel, spoke during the panel discussion on Transformation and the Diversification of the Economy, the Angolan Experience. According to Mr. Gourgel, the process of diversification of the Angolan economy is based on five main objectives including establishing support for emerging businesses. To achieve this objective the Guiché Único (One-Stop) system was created, reducing the costs of formalising business ventures by 90 per cent….

President of the African Caucus urges the combat of illicit financial flows in Africa

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LUANDA, Angola, (Capital Markets in Africa) — The President of the African Group and Minister of Finance of Angola, Armando Manuel, declared in the welcoming speech to the participants at the Luanda Caucus- 2015 meeting. “This obliges us to look for other sources of financing including savings that can be made from restricting illicit financial flows from Africa, especially measures that can be taken to radically reduce these mass monetary outflows and guarantee that they are used…

Africa need further integration of economic activities — Angolan VP

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LUANDA, Angola (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Angolan Vice-President, Manuel Vicente, stated in the African Caucus forum that there is no sustainable development while there is poverty. In his opening speech Manuel Vicente, representing the President of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, in the meeting of the Ministers of Finance and Governors of the African Central Banks, together with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund also noted that African countries must have a…

Capitalize on today’s changing workforce to drive business success — Charles Brewer

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CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — The workforce landscape has evolved quite significantly over the last few decades, with women in leadership and milliennials (Generation Y) taking centre stage as the drivers of business performance in the future. As with many other industries, the logistics industry has traditionally been male-dominated, but this has been changing over time. Charles Brewer, Managing Director of DHL Express Sub Saharan Africa (SSA), says that the company has made great…

African power utility sector shines bright about the outlook ahead: PwC report

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JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, (Capital Markets in Africa) — Survey finds companies and sector stakeholders optimistic about a range of key African electricity issues. 96% say there is a medium or high probability that load shedding will be the exception rather than the norm by 2025. Technological change expected to transform prospects for rural electrification. Business model transformation lies ahead for many power utility companies. Power utility companies and stakeholders across Africa anticipate a brighter and different outlook…

Africa 2020 presents exciting opportunities for asset managers according to PwC

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JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — New research from PwC projects that traditional assets under management (AuM) in 12 markets across Africa will rise to around $1,098 billion by 2020, from a 2008 total of $293 billion. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 9.6%. Traditional asset management, in particular the mutual fund industry, is expanding aggressively across Africa. This will largely be driven by a number of factors: economic growth…

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