ACWA Power appoints global coordinators for IPO plan
According to company sources, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Citigroup, Natixis and Riyadh Capital are considered for its IPO plan worth of US$1bn...
Tag : Africa
Europe’s brightest investment banks recruit after years of restructuring
Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, UBS and Barclays Bank recruited 285,500, end of last year...
Tech Startup Funding Report illustrates Africa’s startup-investor boom
South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya are top destinations for tech investments in 2017...
Ecobank spearheads digital transformation in Africa
The bank operates in 33 African countries and offers digitised financial services at lower cost...
Leading the way in revolutionizing Islamic banking in the digital era
Rosie Kmeid, Vice President - Global Corporate Communications & Marketing at Path Solutions tells us how Islamic banks can stay ahead of the race to become digitilized by using world-class digital solutions provided by Path Solutions...
The resurgence of Atlantis
Post-apartheid, the town lost its industries, but is now becoming a key manufacturing hub for the renewable energy sector in South Africa Miriam Mannak Situated 50km north of Cape Town, on the southern edge of the West Coast, lies Atlantis. Developed in the 1970s as a self-contained industrial backwater annex residential area for people of...
Africa’s youth bulge
Many analysts expect significant growth opportunities in the continent, which has the largest youth population in the world Benita James December 21, 2016: Africa’s demography is showing a visible shift and many analysts have reason to believe that the continent has the largest youth population in the world. A young population is generally considered as...
Georgia’s TBC Bank slashes loan decision time
Using software from analytic software firm FICO October 12, 2016: TBC Bank, a leading universal Georgian bank, has substantially reduced the time needed to make decisions on credit applications, using software from analytic software firm FICO. TBC Bank, which recently installed FICO® Origination Manager 4.5, announced that it has cut credit decisions and disbursement down...
More sovereign sukuk on the way
This was the opinion of delegates at the IFM’s summit on Islamic finance - Tim Evershed...
Turner & Townsend opens new hub in Kenya
Company is involved in more than 40 projects across Africa July 5, 2016: Global professional services consultancy Turner & Townsend has opened an office in Kenya as the country sees solid economic growth, with the outlook for continued investment in infrastructure and construction. The company is currently involved in more than 40 projects across Africa,...