A new study covering 11 African countries shows that most have a sovereign wealth fund or are in the process of establishing one...
Nigeria's president has approved the creation of a new company that will focus on infrastructure development, with a seed capital of $2.63bn...
Felix Onuah 15 Feb 2021
The biggest challenge for multinational mining companies over the next decade will be responding to investors' growing focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues...
Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni's 2020 Budget Speech wasn't as dire as some commentators expected. In fact, it depicted a government that is reform-minded and ready to flex its muscles, which sparked an immediate celebration in the rand and bond markets...
Africa investor (Ai) has announced the shortlisted candidates for the 2019 Ai Infrastructure Investment Awards. The awards will be presented during the African Sovereign Wealth and Pension Fund Leaders' Summit on 3 September in Cape Town...
The African Development Bank will double its climate finance commitments for the period 2020-2025, the organisation's president Akinwumi Adesina revealed at the recent One Planet Summit in Nairobi, Kenya...
International investment group Africa investor (Ai) recently announced the 2018 winners in the Ai Institutional Investment and Capital Market Awards...
Korea is ready to share its technological and industrial revolution experience with Africa, says President Moon Jae-in...
AccorHotels announced the sale of a 55% stake in the subsidiary that owns its hotels to a group of international investors including the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia and Singapore...
From a holographic lion to talking robots and flying taxis, Saudi Arabia has dazzled investors with plans for hi-tech "giga projects" - but sceptics question their viability in an era of cheap oil...
NEPAD gathered international investors and CEO-level business leaders at the NASDAQ Stock Market on Monday, 18 September, for the launch of its 5% Agenda initiative...
With forecasts of rising commodity prices, investors must now bear in mind that we are moving towards a sellers' market...
Miguel Damião Gago 21 Aug 2017
MUMBAI, India: India's top e-commerce company Flipkart announced on Monday it had raised $1.4 billion in a record funding round that shores up the online retail giant in its fight against Amazon...
WASHINGTON: A "global startup" which makes electric racing vehicles unveiled plans on Friday to sell a fully autonomous electric car in the US market by 2020...
Africa is increasingly gaining prominence as a target destination for a more diverse group of investors, with a growing trend towards using fund structures to house African investments...
Angola's sovereign wealth fund, Fundo Soberano de Angola, has committed to invest $180 million in a strategic deep sea port in Angola. This investment will create the first deep sea water port in Angola...
According to Stuart Chait, executive chairman of Land Equity Group, commercial real estate debt has been forecast to move away from major commercial banks, with 2017 expected to see a boom of new ‘alternative' senior debt, mezzanine and debt equity funds...
Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos's daughter has been cleared to head the national oil company Sonangol, after a court rejected a legal challenge...
DUBAI - Dubai business magnate Mohamed Alabbar announced on Sunday the launch of a $1-billion regional e-commerce site in a joint venture with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and other Gulf investors...
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority established a partnership with Old Mutual Investment Group of South Africa to co-invest $700m in real estate and agriculture development projects...
Facebook was confronted on Friday with fierce indignation in Norway as the nation's top newspaper, the prime minister and users voiced outrage over the network's decision to censor a historic Vietnam War photo.
SYDNEY - The break-up of Australian logistics giant Asciano between local and international suitors cleared a key hurdle after the nation's corporate regulator approved their Aus$9.05bn (US$6.78bn) bid...
LONDON, UK: Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, is to sue German carmaker Volkswagen over an emissions-cheating scandal that caused it huge losses, the Financial Times reported Sunday...
A handful of industry experts will provide some much-needed insight into the current state of play of certain legal frameworks and policies in Zimbabwe...
A new United Nations study calls on regulators to implement proactive policies that build institutional investment frameworks, institutions and culture with sustainability at their core...
Despite witnessing exceptional growth in development finance in recent years, Africa is still faced with the arduous task of mobilising adequate resources to fund its growth and future transformation agenda...
Tonderayi Mukeredzi 22 Jun 2015
The rand is the second most volatile emerging market currency, but over time it has been depreciating in a consistent fashion...
Recently the Journal Club had occasion to read and critically analyse an excerpt from William Dalrymple's new book, The Anarchy: How a Corporation Replaced the Mughal Empire, 1756-1803...
Issued by Regent Business School 10 Mar 2015
Spending on infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to reach $180bn a year by 2025‚ according to PwC's 2014 report...
Mark Allix 4 Dec 2014
The 8th Annual Powering Africa: Finance Options Meeting will return to Cape Town on 30 and 31 October.
MUMBAI, INDIA: India's top e-commerce company Flipkart said it had raised $1bn (60bn rupees) in funds as it battles US company Amazon for supremacy in the hyper-competitive local online buying market.
A number of recent press reports have commented on the rising property market in South Africa and in particular the manner in which the very top end of that market is performing.
Andrew Golding 29 Jul 2014
SINGAPORE - A Singaporean blogger accused by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of defamation on Tuesday offered compensation after initially refusing to do so, as the premier's lawyer accused him of lacking contrition.
PARIS, FRANCE: French telecommunications group Bouygues stepped up its bid to buy mobile phone operator SFR from Vivendi, launching a new phase in a huge fight over positions in France.
MILAN, ITALY: Versace is seeking a minority investor and a spokesman at the Italian fashion house says about €250m could be pumped into the luxury brand if the right investor is found.
Special economic zones (SEZs) have become the new buzzword for African governments, who see in them the long-awaited salvation from the poverty scourge that has gripped the continent despite decades of structural reform programmes.(2) SEZs are generally defined as specially demarcated areas that offer unique incentives for a diverse range of economic activities.(3)
Charmaine Pretorius 6 Sep 2013
Africa investor (Ai), a leading international investment and communications group, recently announced the shortlist for its Africa investor (Ai) International Investment and Business Leader Awards, established in 2005, to shed light on Africa's many investment and business leader success stories.
With a global call to action urging governments and financial institutions worldwide to increase investment in renewable energy, WWF has launched its new international campaign under the slogan Seize Your Power.
Africa investor (Ai) magazine, a member of the Africa investor Group, in partnership with Brand Finance, have published the top 50 investible banking brands in Africa report in its May/June edition.
South Africans overwhelmingly see corruption as the greatest obstacle to foreign direct investment, according to the latest research from FTI Consulting, the global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organisations protect and enhance their enterprise value.
Johannesburg has avoided being struck by the global property crash as its offices, shops and warehouses outperformed those in every other global city outside of South Africa over the last decade.
LONDON, UK: Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed has sold luxury London department store Harrods to the investment arm of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, his financial advisors Lazard said Saturday, 8 May 2010.
BEIJING: China's $200-billion sovereign wealth fund has bought 1.1% of prominent British alcoholic drinks maker Diageo in a move to diversify its investments, the UK's Financial Times said on Tuesday, 21 July 2009.
World Bank President's proposals target key areas: food, minerals and innovative financing.