The global banking industry has been undergoing fundamental changes that have been creating expansion opportunities for new players in international markets, according to a recent report titled International Banking Platforms: The New Imperatives
The investments are expected to expand access, improve quality of voice and Internet communications and serve as the backbone for greater private sector investment in ICT services. (Image source: breahn/Flickr)
The World Bank has approved two US$30mn credits to support efforts to strengthen telecommunications connectivity through fiber-optic broadband network expansion in Mauritania and Togo
Tanzania youth alliance director Peter Masika (right), Finnish minister for foreign trade Alexander Stubb (centre) and minister for international development Heidi Hautala during their visit to Kibasila Secondary School in Dar es Salaam. (Image source: Florence Mugarula)
A three-day visit of a delegation from Finland to Tanzania has laid down a foundation for enhanced business ties between the two countries
Africa’s US$1.8 trillion economy is being fuelled by consumer spending, writes James Hall. (Image source: James Hall)
A third of all Africans are now classified as middle class. Their incomes allow them to inhabit an economic bracket that is variously defined, but by any definition is growing
Ashburton is part of the FirstRand Group, one of the largest financial services groups on the African continent. (Image source: sxc.hu)
Ashburton has launched its new Africa Equity Opportunities Fund as part of a strategy which will be focused on targeting undervalued listed African equities across sectors to achieve capital growth
