The Editorial Team

Ghana: Outlook contingent on reaching deal with IMF

Goldman Sachs anticipated that Ghana will need six to nine months from the start of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reach a deal on a funded program, as it considered that authorities are not showing a sense of urgency to conclude an agreement with the IMF. It expected the government to rely on foreign currency reserves to meet its external financing needs in the near term given the lack of international market…

Regulatory fines and fraud dominate bank governance shortcomings

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LAGOS (Capital Markers in Africa) – Fitch Ratings identified more than 600 reports on banks globally with meaningful cases of governance failure between 2020 and June 2022, out of more than 1,500 reports on banks that were subject to financial crime, governance and regulatory issues, or institutional scandals. First, it indicated that nearly 300 reports fell in the ”regulatory fines” category. It noted that the majority of the fines were minor and consist of small…

Base Metals: Copper prices to average $7,600 per ton in 2022

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – LME copper cash prices averaged $9,293.7 per ton in the year- to-August 24, 2022 period, constituting an increase of 1.4% from an average of $9,164 a ton in the same period of 2021. Supply disruptions and expectations of robust global demand drove the rise in prices. Also, copper prices declined to $8,076 per ton on August 24, 2022 from an all-time high of $11,299.5 a ton on October 18,…

Nigerian Sovereign ratings affirmed with ‘stable’ outlook

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – S&P Global Ratings affirmed Nigeria’s long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings at ‘B-/B’, with a ‘stable’ outlook on the long-term ratings. It attributed the ratings’ affirmation to expectations of high global oil prices in the 2022-23 period and a rebound in activity across most non-oil sectors, which will partially mitigate balance of payments and fiscal risks. Still, it considered that the economy’s heavy reliance on…

The 5th Edition Connected Banking is All Set to Lay Down the Foundation of Accelerating Financial Inclusion Through Digital Adoption

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Technology is fast becoming a central factor in the banking and financial services industry generating new opportunities and contributing to the region’s financial sector. Financial institutions in the last decade have witnessed dramatic changes owing to rising competition, growing customer expectations, innovative compliance regulations, and more. The last year has also witnessed a drastic acceleration and shift to a cashless digital economy, with extraordinary growth in the number of e-payment transactions. Banking, customer onboarding, engagement…

Accelerating Financial Inclusion surfing the Wave of Digital Innovation

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Accra, Ghana to host the 6th Edition Connected Banking The West African financial sector has been witnessing a wave of digital innovation that has fuelled services and applications that had the potential to really shake up the banking sector. Banks, Fintechs, and financial institutions have been harnessing digital solutions designed to serve touchless and remote banking, which has unlocked opportunities for the millions of digitally connected diaspora that remains formally unbanked but economically active. Central…

AFDB Optimistic about Economic Prospects for Southern Africa

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ABIDJAN (Capital Markets in Africa) — The Southern Africa region’s investment opportunities and prospects for economic growth are encouraging despite recent headwinds of a global pandemic and food crisis, the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Senior Vice President Swazi Tshabalala has said. Tshabalala attended the 42nd Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) which closed in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa last week. She was accompanied…

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