Adelaide Changole

Standard Bank targets R250bn market fuelled by African trade More intra-African trade will translate into demand for Standard Bank's trade

Investec's Titi sees SA growth rate tripling by 2030 As bottlenecks in electricity, logistics, and other infrastructure ease.

South Africa’s Constitutional Court dismissed Credit Suisse Group AG from a suit alleging that the Swiss bank and others had manipulated the rand-dollar exchange rate for six years through at least September 2013.

A new mega-refinery to be built at the Kenyan coast by Africa’s richest person will cost as much as $17 billion, a spokesman for Dangote Industries Ltd. has confirmed.

South African economic growth is on an upswing as the nation chips away at the bottlenecks that have held it back for years, said Standard Bank Group Ltd.

Sees growth at 1.7% next year — more upbeat than the International Monetary Fund, which this week maintained its 2027 forecast at 1.3% — rising to 2% in 2028.

A selloff in Absa Group Ltd. shares may have further to run as the South African lender’s disappointing earnings guidance causes once-bullish analysts to turn cautious on the stock.

Kenya is advancing plans to set up an exchange to trade carbon credits in the nation and East African region in the next 12 months as it looks to position itself as a hub for environmental finance on a continent wanting to monetize its vast natural resources.

Lower-than-expected growth forecasts are fuelling concerns over profitability, capital flexibility and the bank's turnaround strategy.

Heat waves are baking famous sports grounds.