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Shaping the Future of Banking in Southern Africa: Innovation, Connectivity, and Financial Resilience

Johannesburg, South Africa — The 21st Edition Connected Banking Summit Innovation & Excellence Awards 2025 – Southern Africa will take place on July 23, 2025, in Johannesburg, uniting stakeholders from the banking, financial services, and fintech sectors to reimagine the future of finance in Southern Africa. With the theme “Shaping the Future of Banking in Southern Africa: Innovation, Connectivity, and Financial Resilience,” this summit will address the region’s rapid digital transformation and focus on the…

PRESS RELEASE: AFSIC – Investing in Africa

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AFSIC – Investing in Africa is the leading Africa focused investment conference and is held annually in London. AFSIC – Investing in Africa 2025 will take place on 14 – 15th October 2025 at Park Plaza Westminster. At the heart of AFSIC is dialogue focusing on nurturing investment and collaboration across the investment value chain and driving sustainable growth in Africa. AFSIC has this week launched its Agenda at a Glance and Speaker Submission process…

Africa: Attempting to re-join the club

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Author’s note: Not all African countries have been able to take advantage of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) – a programme granting duty-free access to the world’s largest consumer market, the US. The programme has seen some criticism, ranging from the perceived lack of reciprocity from African nations to the US’ unilateral suspension of African countries, and the uncertainty this creates when making long-term investment decisions. However, at least one country, Cameroon, thinks…

Cytonn: First Quarter 2023 Markets Review

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Global Market Review According to the January 2023 World Economic Outlook Report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the global economy is projected to grow at a rate of 2.9% in 2023, 0.5% points slower than the growth of 3.4% recorded in 2022. The latest projection is 0.2% points higher than the IMF’s earlier projection of 2.7% growth, with the upward revision being on the back of full reopening of China coupled with…

Africa: Living up to one’s reputation

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Author’s note: Zimbabwe is considered one of the most corrupt countries on the planet. The latest Corruption Perceptions Index scores the Southern African nation equal to junta-led Myanmar and war-torn Iraq. A recent exposé linking top government officials with gold smuggling and sanctions busting will only feed these perceptions. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe is looking to China to fund and build energy infrastructure. The country is overly reliant on hydropower generated from the Kariba Hydropower Station, and…

Why East Africa’s Facing Its Worst Famine in Decades: QuickTake

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – A humanitarian disaster is unfolding in East Africa, which is in the grip of its worst drought in at least four decades. More than 80 million people across Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and Djibouti are food insecure, and almost half of them are having to sell their possessions in order to eat, according to the World Health Organization. With forecasters seeing a high risk of rains…

Oil Heads for Longest Run of Monthly Gains Since Early 2018

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Oil is poised for a fifth monthly gain after another tumultuous period of trading that saw prices whipsawed by the fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine and the resurgence of Covid-19 in China. West Texas Intermediate futures climbed to trade near $106 a barrel on Friday and are almost 6% higher in April. The war has entered its third month despite diplomatic efforts for a cease-fire, and the European…

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