CNBC Africa, a CNBC International franchise owned by Africa Business News, has entered into a joint venture with Mozambique's state broadcaster, Televisão de Moçambique (TVM), and will open a bureau in Maputo. CNBC Africa's country bureau representative will be Sunnyboy Mshengu.
24 May 2012 11:35
CNBC Africa, the pan-African financial and business channel, will celebrate five years of continental business broadcasting across Africa on 1 June 2012.
16 May 2012 11:42
The 2nd annual IT Infrastructure Africa Summit which will focus on IT Infrastructure challenges and how these challenges can be overcome through innovation, alignment of business with technology and the positive influence of active government participation is set to take place at the Westin Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa on 12-13 July 2012. Organisers of the summit, Kinetic Events has announced that the summit will host Melanie Burke, CEO of MAB and Associates.
8 May 2012 16:05
Helios Towers Tanzania (HTT), a subsidiary of Helios Towers Africa (HTA) and reportedly the first tower company in Tanzania, has been awarded 'Africa Loans Deal of the Year' by
The Banker magazine. The award follows the completion in December 2011 of HTT's US$85 million equivalent deal.
3 May 2012 14:03
Telecoms operator Bharti Airtel has released its consolidated IFRS results for the fourth quarter and year ended 31 March 2012.
2 May 2012 11:25
[Duncan McLeod: @mcleodd] Technology group Altech has reported a 27% decrease in adjusted headline earnings per share, from 529c to 388c, on poor performance from its operations in West Africa and continuing underperformance of its businesses in East Africa.
25 Apr 2012 09:52
The
African Banker Awards has released the shortlist of nominees for the 2012 competition. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 30 May 2012, which makes its
debut in Africa. This year's event coincides with the annual African Development Bank (AfDB) meetings in Arusha, Tanzania
24 Apr 2012 16:14
Visa recently appointed PocketMedia Solutions' Z-Card to communicate important information about its Visa Debit Card in Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana.
23 Apr 2012 11:11
In a move spurred by continuous economic development, steady population growth, stable outlook and large pool of young consumers entering the workplace each year, MasterCard has announced a new structure for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) business.
20 Apr 2012 10:40Business leaders behind ZunguZ, a multi-tiered platform that integrates deeply into the social graph and a host of financial services to empower the consumer, claims that the concept of using Facebook as a secure channel to exchange mobile money between friends will grow in significance and quickly.
4 Apr 2012 12:49
South Africa is not only a competitive mobile money market, but is a good representation of the different business models that are transpiring from banks, mobile network operators, third party operators, social media and online retailers and payment providers. This is according to Sonum Puri, programme director of Mobile Money Africa, an annual industry gathering on the continent, taking place on 15-16 May 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
19 Mar 2012 11:10
The Standard Bank Group has been named by
Global Finance magazine as the best investment bank in South African and Africa, adding to the many accolades the group has already received in recognition of its capabilities and achievements.
29 Feb 2012 10:15
Mobile banking is set to take off in Africa, with FNB recording a 150% jump in transaction growth for its cellphone banking service and 1384% growth for
eWallet for the month of December 2011 when compared to December 2010.
15 Feb 2012 13:21
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[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) has launched a fifth title after the first issue of an exclusively business newspaper called The Business Times hit the streets last week. 10 Apr 2012 14:26
