Will greater economic integration make Africa more competitive?

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 26 January 2012

The 2008/9 global economic meltdown was ample demonstration of how the fragmented African economies stand exposed to external economic shocks, especially emanating from richer economies, transmitted largely through changing trade dynamics, soft commodity prices and dwindling capital inflows.

Mining: Royalties, taxes and indigenisation remain in the spotlight

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 24 January 2012

Policy makers should remain “on their toes”, devising means of promoting investment in mining activity while also ensuring that the benefits trickle to the broader economy.

Africa should be prepared for headwinds from euro crisis

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 19 January 2012

The World Bank, in its Global Economic Prospects January 2012 edition, has warned developing countries to be prepared for the tangible risk that an escalation in the euro area debt crisis could see the world slide into a slump on a par with that seen in in 2008/09.

Kenya’s political risk casts a dark cloud over region’s economic prospects

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 17 January 2012

On Friday last week, Kenya’s High Court declined to give a definite date for the country’s next elections, placing the task in the hands of President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

App revolution changing the game for mobile operators in Africa

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 13 January 2012

Many of the apps designed for communication such as Skype, Viber, G-Talk and WhatsApp are threatening to rewrite the rules of the mobile telecoms world.

S&P revises the outlook on Nigeria’s top three banks to positive

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 9 January 2012

Last week, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) revised its outlook on Nigeria’s three largest banks – GT Bank, First Bank of Nigeria and Zenith Bank – to ‘positive’ from ‘stable’.

Capital raisings and acquisitions now the order of the day in telecoms sector

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 22 December 2011

The growth and success of sub-Saharan Africa’s telecom sector is clearly measurable by not only assessing an increase in multinational interest but also by observing capital raisings and new strategic partnerships within the sector.

Kenyan banks move to cushion borrowers and avert loan defaults

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 15 December 2011

Earlier this week, the Kenya Bankers’ Association released a statement detailing a set of initiatives designed to avert possible bank loan defaults on the back of spiking interest rates.

Africa now a more attractive investment destination than Asia?

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 13 December 2011

Investment group Silk Invest recently carried out an investor survey aimed at assessing investors’ views on investing in emerging markets.

Sub-Saharan Africa should encourage investment in energy sector

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 11 December 2011

The ordeal faced by governments in sub-Saharan Africa along with the rest of the world is not only to meet the increasing demand for energy but to also tackle climate change issues.

Africa’s emerging information societies

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 6 December 2011

Envisioning certain African regions developing into equivalents of California’s Silicon Valley may indeed appear as just “building castles in the air”. However, given that the understanding of the positive impact of ICT has grown over the years, more African governments have begun to prioritise the ICT sector.

Angola’s former colonial master now asking for help

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 25 November 2011

Portugal, which is struggling to comply with the terms of a EUR78 billion financial rescue package, is now looking to encourage its former colony Angola to invest in its debt-stricken economy.

African banks finally waking up to the needs of SMEs and the unbanked

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 18 November 2011

The banking penetration level in most of Sub-Saharan African markets (excluding South Africa) remains relatively low at about 10%.

Has the time arrived to get optimistic about Zim’s diamond resources?

Published by Imara Africa Securities team on 16 November 2011

The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP), the diamond trade’s international watchdog, has given Zimbabwe the green light to resume sales of diamonds from the Marange fields.

Will greater economic integration make Africa more competitive?

Mining: Royalties, taxes and indigenisation remain in the spotlight

Africa should be prepared for headwinds from euro crisis

Kenya’s political risk casts a dark cloud over region’s economic prospects

App revolution changing the game for mobile operators in Africa

S&P revises the outlook on Nigeria’s top three banks to positive

Capital raisings and acquisitions now the order of the day in telecoms sector

Kenyan banks move to cushion borrowers and avert loan defaults

Africa now a more attractive investment destination than Asia?

Sub-Saharan Africa should encourage investment in energy sector

Africa’s emerging information societies

Angola’s former colonial master now asking for help

African banks finally waking up to the needs of SMEs and the unbanked

Has the time arrived to get optimistic about Zim’s diamond resources?

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