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Palladium lifeline to South African miners may quickly fray Palladium investors must weight up the risk of missing out on a momentum rally against that of being left holding an unloved and unneeded commodity wh...

Regulatory Maze

Allianz and Sunu in francophone Africa insurance reshuffle Allianz is about to divest insurance businesses in five francophone countries to Sunu Group, as CIMA’s new capital requirements cause insurers to reas...

may day call

Brexit sprint for South Africa The UK crashing out of Europe with no Brexit deal would spell trouble for South Africa, whose automotive sector depends on a customs union agreement t...

flight plan

Saving South African Airways SAA has been making losses and relying on government bailouts since 2011 and now needs an urgent solution to revive the distressed company.

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Kenya’s President William Ruto at State House, in Nairobi. (Tony Karumba/AFP)

off track

Premium badgeKenya: UK delays $121m for Nairobi Railway City The British government-backed UK Export Finance (UKEF) has delayed a £100m ($121.9m) payment for the development of Nairobi Railway City – the largest...
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West, Central Africa

Premium badgeHow supermarket giant Système U is cashing in on Casino’s retreat from Africa The co-operative supermarket chain is enjoying a boom on the continent, partly thanks to its partnership with Monaco retailer MIM.
Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, MD of Fidelity Bank

oil snubbed

Premium badgeNigeria: Can Fidelity Bank’s export-driven growth be replicated? Nigerian banks are trying to increase their lending to exporters to benefit from the revalued naira. Fidelity Bank CEO Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe and other ex...

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Kenya’s President William Ruto at State House, in Nairobi. (Tony Karumba/AFP)

off track

Premium badgeKenya: UK delays $121m for Nairobi Railway City The British government-backed UK Export Finance (UKEF) has delayed a £100m ($121.9m) payment for the development of Nairobi Railway City – the largest...
© Photo supplied

West, Central Africa

Premium badgeHow supermarket giant Système U is cashing in on Casino’s retreat from Africa The co-operative supermarket chain is enjoying a boom on the continent, partly thanks to its partnership with Monaco retailer MIM.
Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, MD of Fidelity Bank

oil snubbed

Premium badgeNigeria: Can Fidelity Bank’s export-driven growth be replicated? Nigerian banks are trying to increase their lending to exporters to benefit from the revalued naira. Fidelity Bank CEO Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe and other ex...

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Cash flow

‘Investment is not limited to ports’: Jingtao Bai, director general of China Merchants Port Holdings A key promoter of China’s One Belt One Road Initiative, CMPort’s director general says the company is looking beyond ports to investing in an internat...
Ethio railway © The new, 750km railway connecting Addis Ababa with the port of Djibouti. Zhou Xiaoxiong/Xinhua/SIPA

Landlocked blues

Ethiopia opens up budding logistics sector Ethiopia has high hopes for manufacturing and exports, and has made improving logistics a priority

Debating aid

Japan trails China in race for Africa

tough times over

Barclays Kenya profits suggest wider gains in banking sector Barclays Bank of Kenya has announced a 17.7% rise in profits after tax for 2018. CEO Jeremy Awori’s decision to innovate took the bank beyond the chal...
Workers operate a machine at the Dangote flour mill in Apapa district in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos © Africa’s appetite for flour makes milling a booming but competitive sector. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye

baked-in profits

African flour mills fight for market share

Not your average board meeting

Kenyan savers hit by stumbling Sacco sector Cooperatives offer an alternative to mainstream banks and microfinance institutions, taking savings and offering credit facilities to members. But whe...