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Making waves

Senegal/Côte d’Ivoire: Wave, the fintech that’s shaking up the mobile money industry?

Created by two Americans to lower the cost of mobile money transactions, Wave has been in the spotlight ever since Orange tried to curb its development ... in Senegal.

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Hanging Separately?

Naspers shareholder Excelsia unimpressed by Prosus response

The response by Prosus to news that 35 institutional investors of South African media conglomerate Naspers are protesting the company’s share ... swap with its Amsterdam-listed unit has failed to win over dissident shareholder Excelsia Capital.

greener grass

Access Bank, UBA, GTB… the Nigerian banks making inroads in Africa

Nigerian banks are faced with low growth and a punitive cash reserve ratio of 27.5% at home. They are betting on the African Free Trade Zone ... to expand elsewhere on the continent. However, the profitability of their subsidiaries outside Nigeria is relatively average. Are they falling into an expansionary trap?

jumping the gun?

Egypt’s expected $68bn borrowing needs: Why sukuk can help reduce its debt

A forecasted decrease in GCC sukuk, Egypt’s enticing yields, and business sectors that have thrived during the pandemic could guarantee the ... country an auspicious low-cost debut of the Islamic bonds. On the other hand, the sukuk could lead to a rise in utility bills.

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naspers

Hanging Separately?

Naspers shareholder Excelsia unimpressed by Prosus response

greener grass

Access Bank, UBA, GTB… the Nigerian banks making inroads in Africa

jumping the gun?

Egypt’s expected $68bn borrowing needs: Why sukuk can help reduce its debt

naspers

Hanging Separately?

Naspers shareholder Excelsia unimpressed by Prosus response

greener grass

Access Bank, UBA, GTB… the Nigerian banks making inroads in Africa

jumping the gun?

Egypt’s expected $68bn borrowing needs: Why sukuk can help reduce its debt

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building an ecosystem

Nigeria’s Paga eyes Ethiopia for expansion, says CEO Tayo Oviosu

Backed by investors such as Jim O’Neill (former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management) and Tim Draper (one of the world’s most famous ... venture capital investors), Paga is Nigeria’s leading mobile payments company. CEO Tayo Oviosu speaks to The Africa Report about the fintech company that he started in 2009, before financial technology was all the rage.

Under Fire

EXCLUSIVE Naspers faces shareholder revolt over Prosus share swap

A group of 35 institutional investors in South African media conglomerate Naspers are protesting the company’s share swap with its Amsterdam-listed ... Prosus unit.

Vision 2025

Ethiopian Airlines ends 2020 fiscal year with profit due to its ‘agility’

Ethiopian Airlines, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, is one of only three airlines in the world to have made a profit in 2020 ... (fiscal year ending in June).

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Income Investing

Nigeria: Banks offer safest dividends for domestic investors, analysts say

Dividend yields on Nigerian stocks are ahead of those available on Africa’s major stock markets – but investors will have to tread carefully ... to avoid the pitfalls, analysts say.

Shareholder Returns

Kenya: Nation Media stock repurchase could prompt further buybacks

Plans by Nation Media to carry out Kenya’s first share buyback may be copied by other companies needing to reward shareholders as stock prices ... languish.

Getting in on the action

Libya’s reconstruction whets appetite of French companies

Medef, France’s largest employer federation, wants to acquire large contracts within Libya’s reconstruction market. However, French groups ... are lagging behind Turkish and Italian firms.

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