March 27
West Africa: BRVM Awards 2026: AllAfrica Global Media Once Again Nominated for "Financial Media of the Year"
The Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) has officially announced the nominees for the seventh edition of the BRVM Awards. For the third consecutive year,… Read more »
February 14, 2019
South Africa: Banks That Manipulate the Rand - Are Millions in Fines a Deterrent?
British multinational banking and financial services company, Standard Chartered has pleaded guilty to manipulating currencies, including the rand, between 2007 and… Read more »
December 03, 2014
Africa: Entrepreneurs Go Online to Boost Business in Africa
When Chioma Achebe wanted to buy shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, she didn't want to open an account with a local broker because the process could take days. Read more »
September 12, 2013
South Africa: Gold Miner Feels Heat of U.S. Anti-Corruption Measures
A 125-year-old gold mining company established by the British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes is feeling the heat of United States anti-corruption measures over a scheme to allocate… Read more »
November 30, 2012
Ethiopia: Africa's First Commodity Exchange Revolutionizes Economy
While government leaders, NGOs and corporations devise strategies to churn out more food for future generations, Eleni Gabre-Madhin is taking a different approach. Concerned by a… Read more »
September 23, 2008
South Africa: 11 Cabinet Ministers Resign in Shock Move
One day after South Africa's ruling party leader and prospective president, Jacob Zuma, appealed to members of President Thabo Mbeki's cabinet to stay in their posts, more than… Read more »
October 25, 2007
South Africa: Chinese to Invest R36.7 Billion In Local Bank
In a huge deal for South Africa and the continent, one of China's major banks is to buy a one-fifth share of Africa's largest bank. Read more »
December 07, 2006
South Africa: Reserve Bank Pushes Up Interest Rate Again
South Africa's central bank today hiked interest rates for the fourth time in six months, increasing the rate at which it lends money to commercial banks to nine percent per… Read more »
April 30, 2003
Africa: African Stock Markets Have Scope to Expand
"Something very exciting is happening" on Africa's stock exchanges, says Mark Malloch Brown, the head of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). "Returns in Africa are… Read more »
March 07, 2001
Nigeria: Bullish Market Defies High Interest Rate Offered by the Central Bank
Expectations of high returns on stocks and investor confidence in some sectors have buoyed the Nigerian capital market, despite efforts by the countrys central bank to mop up… Read more »
January 08, 2001
Nigeria: Slow Pace Of Privatisation Worries Stock Exchange
The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday expressed dismay over the slow pace of the government's privatisation programme during the year 2000, and warned that a long and drawn out… Read more »
October 30, 2000
Africa: Stock Exchanges Take Steps Towards Pan African Exchange
Securities quoted on African stock markets now have a smoother path to cross-border listing on other stock exchanges on the continent, as stock exchange executives this weekend… Read more »
October 26, 2000
Africa: Nigeria Calls for Action On Infrastructural Impediments Facing African Capital Markets
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday called on African countries to take action to address the deficiencies in infrastructure that now impede the growth of the capital… Read more »
