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African Finance Evolution: It May Not Be Televised Yet, but the World Is Certainly Taking Note
Burkina Faso-based Fidelis Finance specialises in meeting leasing, credit, factoring, surety and payment guarantee needs — especially those of West African SMEs. The company’s knowhow has earned it national and international recognition, raised living standards and created jobs in the
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PwC Nigeria: Nigeria’s Finance Act Gets a Facelift to Attract Business and Investment
Earlier this year, Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari signed the Finance Bill 2019 into law as the Finance Act of 2019 — the first amendment to the country’s tax laws since 1999. The Act, which comprises 57 sections, seeks to amend
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Business in Times of Corona: A Gathering Storm Darkens the Prospects of Africa
Even before the corona virus made its presence known, market analysts had no need for prescient powers to predict trouble ahead for South Africa. Already in February, consumer and business confidence had approached a 30-year low as the country’s anaemic
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Q&A with CEO of First Pension Custodian, Nigeria: Kunle Jinadu
His excitement hasn’t faded — and nor has his optimism for the sector. What excited you about the businesses you worked for during your earlier career, and what excites you about the business you now lead? Kunle Jinadu: My first
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UNOPS: Quality Infrastructure is Central to Sustainable Development
By Grete Faremo Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNOPS As human beings, we go through our lives using infrastructure without really thinking about it. From roads to electricity, water and waste management to telecommunications, the quality of our life depends
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World Bank on Social Protection in Africa: Can Safety Nets Close the Poverty Gap in Burkina Faso and Ensure Family Welfare?
With focused and courageous policy decisions, Burkina Faso’s government can cover the country’s poor with an effective and efficient safety net. This end is achievable simply by realigning and better targeting existing expenditures. The reallocation of energy subsidies that mainly
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Ghana Get You: African Nation’s IT Experts are Filling the Skills Gap
Ostec is Ghana’s leading IT Infrastructure and managed services company, providing a single source of technology, skills and expertise to help IT departments realise greater value from their technology investments. For Ostec founder and CEO Jonathan Tawiah, it began
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PwC: CEOs’ Confidence in Business Growth Dips as Global Economy Seen to Falter
CEOs around the world are less optimistic about the strength of the global economy than they were a year ago – and less sure of their organisations’ ability to grow revenues in the short and the medium term. Those chief
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Partners Who Put Their Faith in Egypt’s Burgeoning Economy
Aly El Ghannam and Marwan El Khedry – “The Partnership”, as they choose to be called – established Ostoul Capital Group in Egypt in 2015. With more than a quarter of a century of experience between them in the capital
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From Little Things, Big Things Grow: Ostoul’s Acorn Becoming an Oak
At a time when the risk of setting up a fully fledged investment institution that offers an incomparable range of services was exceptionally high, Ostoul Capital Group still took on the challenge and over a mere span of three years,
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