Sanlam Group announces shortlist for financial journalism awards

Sanlam group Sanlam and Santam, the co-sponsors of the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism, today announced the shortlisted entries for the 2022 awards. One hundred and nine entries were received for the 2022 competition. The new category, ESG, which has two sub-categories – Business and the Environment and Business and Society, received

Focus On: Impact of Climate Change: Climate Change Workshop

The severe climate conditions experienced on a global level are leaving many asking what we can do to mitigate the associated risks and impact of climate change. Professor Debra Roberts, South Africa’s candidate for Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, joins CNBC Africa’s Dewald Rademeyer to talk about the global’s perspective on climate

Absa Kenya receives Sh6bn capital boost from South African parent

Absa Bank Kenya (NSE:ABSA) received Sh6.17 billion ($50 million) subordinate loan from its South Africa-based parent company to boost its capital and meet strategic investments in new business lines in the year ended December 2022.   The listed lender revealed that it received other loans from the parent including a $50 million loan in 2020

MDS announces first major distributor for South Africa

MDS, a leading global provider of heavy-duty rock trommels and conveyors, is pleased to announce the appointment of ELB Equipment (ELB) as their official distributor for South Africa. ELB is one of a few South African companies who can offer a broad range of earthmoving, construction, mining, and quarrying equipment from a single supplier. The

South Africa: Transnet looks to rest of Africa for collaborative relationships

“When it comes to freight and logistics, Transnet is not the big brother of the continent – that is not the role we want to assume,” says Kani, the chief business development officer at the company, which also runs South Africa’s ports and port terminals. There’s more to this story Get unlimited access to our

10th Angel Fair Africa – my unconventional path to Angel Investing 

In 2002, I co-founded the Ghana New Ventures Competition (GNVC) with four Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students. Mawuli Tse introduced his fellow MIT colleagues Victor Mallet, Baafour Asiamah-Adjei, Kojo Hesse and William Tetteh, who were running the MIT $50K competition and wanted to bring it to Africa. In collaboration with this dynamic Group of

Ghana’s Fumigation Levy Highlights Africa’s High Airport Charges

The imposition of $7 per passenger on each international airline ticket sold and remitting same to the government agency as a luggage fumigation charge has reinforced interest in Africa as one of the continents with high airport charges. However, Ghana’s Minority in Parliament is sounding the alarm bells over a $7 charge imposed by the

bne IntelliNews – African risk premia falling as polycrisis recedes

Risk premia in Africa have experienced a decline over the past month as the worst of the polycrisis begins to recede, says Capital Economics in a note on June 30. In Nigeria, the largest economy in the region, this shift can be attributed to significant policy changes since President Tinubu assumed office in late May.

ON PLASTIC BAG FREE DAY  

 Nigeria needs to produce less plastic bags, and many more uses for them It is doubtful if many Nigerians are aware that today is the International Plastic Bag Free Day and if they do, whether they understand its significance. Celebrated on 3rd July every year, the idea is to eliminate the use of plastic bags which