MTN Nigeria seeks tribunal review on its $1 bn fine
The company is in disagreement with the Federal Inland Revenue Service with regards to tax deductions from the fine...
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MTN Nigeria listing: Victor Odili, Pascal Dozie top individual shareholders
MTN Nigeria has now a market valuation of $6 BN and is the second most valuable NSE listed company...
Fintech and the future of Africa explained
Seven of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies are African, and the continent’s total GDP is forecast to double between 2015 and 2030...
Central Bank of Nigeria released US$210mn to relieve dollar crunch
The Central Bank was “ready to inject funds into the market, whenever and wherever necessary, in order to maintain market stability as well as sustain the financial system,” the statement reads...
Building a roadmap for the water industry at the Global Water Summit 2018
The conference comes at a time of widespread change for the sector with new finance sources, PPP opportunities, and US$100bn worth of plans for national infrastructure spend in key water markets...
Tech Startup Funding Report illustrates Africa’s startup-investor boom
South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya are top destinations for tech investments in 2017...
Islamic Banking regulations approved by the government of Uganda
The Central Bank will soon publish the new approved regulations...
Nigeria hampered by fiscal indiscipline and large-scale corruption
Necessitates reduction of incentives for fiscal indiscipline at subnational government level...
Kenya’s betting big on infrastructure
Earlier this year, various organisations placed the East African nation among the fastest growing economies in the world Amoxers Wachira and Veronicah Riba July 10, 2015: Africa has been described as the Dark Continent for many years. However, with economies of a couple of African countries recording growth in recent years, the narrative is quickly...
Investors losing interest in South Africa
Change political mindset to overcome economic constraints, says John Kane-Berman, CEO, Institute of Race Relations Miriam Mannak November 5,2014:It hasn’t been plain sailing for South Africa. Besides slipping on the World Bank’s Economic Freedom Index and the World Economic Forum’s Competitiveness Index, the International Monetary Fund presented a rather bleak economic outlook for Africa’s second...