About Money Watch Africa

▼
September 7, 2014

CNBC: Tracking the impact of the Ebola crisis

›
Larry Seruma spoke to CNBC about the impact of the Ebola crisis and how it has affected Western Africa and various sectors. ...
August 6, 2014

President Obama at the U.S.- Africa Leaders Summit

›
President Obama spoke yesterday at the U.S.- Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C. (video courtesy of Politico.com), announcing that ...
August 5, 2014

The New Era for Business In Africa: Bloomberg TV

›
From Bloomberg TV: Foreign investment in African economies will reach a record $80 billion in 2014 with many U.S. companies leading the ...

Pritzker, Bloomberg See Deals at U.S.-Africa Forum: Bloomberg TV

›
From Bloomberg TV: U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzer and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke today in Washington, D.C...
August 4, 2014

Investing in Africa Becomes Attractive: USA Today

›
(Photo: Gwenn Dubourthoumieu, AFP/Getty Images) "As Africa's economies gain momentum, democratic governments take hold and the...

GE Plans $2 Billion Africa Spending: Bloomberg

›
General Electric's Chairman & CEO, Jeffrey Immelt General Electric Co. (GE)  will invest about $2 billion in African nations b...
June 5, 2014

Main Street Invests in Africa’s Stocks: Nile Fund’s Larry Seruma on the continent’s modernising equity markets

›
(This article was first published by Financial Times - This is Africa) By  JAKE BRIGHT Getting in on Africa’s economic boom is no lo...
May 14, 2014

IBM Bullish on Africa

›
Yesterday, CNBC's David Faber sat down with IBM Chairman & CEO Virginia Rometty to ask, in part, about the company...
May 1, 2014

Heineken’s Q1 Revenue Exceeds Analysts’ Estimates on Nigeria

›
BusinessDay Online recently reported that a fter a drop in profit last year, Heineken is anticipating stronger sales in 2014 as some econ...
April 23, 2014

The Ghanaian Economy in One Chart!

›
                                                                          chart courtesy of Bloomberg Finance L.P. Ghanaian Cedi vs. U....
April 16, 2014

WSJ Opinion: Africa is Refuting the Usual Economic Pessimism

›
Goldman Sachs predicts that Nigeria's economy will be bigger than Canada's or Italy's by 2050 -- and not far behind Ge...
April 11, 2014

Global Monetary Policy: A View from Emerging Markets -- Brookings Institute

›
Exits from unconventional monetary policies (think QE in the US, Japan, and soon the ECB) pose risk to emerging countries... The follo...
April 9, 2014

Bloomberg: Zambia Sells Africa’s First 2014 Eurobond After Deficit Jump

›
Bloomberg reported today that Zambia, Africa's second largest Copper producer,  attracted more demand from investors in  Africa ’s fir...
April 6, 2014

Bloomberg: Nigerian Economy Overtakes South Africa’s on Rebased GDP

›
Bloomberg reported today that  Nigeria ’s economy has surpassed  South Africa ’s as the largest on the African continent after the West ...
March 21, 2014

Top Lipper Award for Emerging Markets Goes to Africa-focused Fund

›
Nile Capital Management's Andy Chen and Larry Seruma NILE PAN AFRICA FUND RECEIVES THE 2014 LIPPER AWARD Nile Pan Africa Fu...
March 12, 2014

OPPORTUNITIES IN ZIMBABWE DESPITE ‘MUGABE RULES’ -- Think Advisor

›
Savita Iyer-Ahrestani writing for ThinkAdvisor asks a question on the minds of many investors around the globe, "Is Robert Mugabe...
March 10, 2014

"Nigeria's soaring economy has met its match: old-style politics"

›
Former Nigerian central bank governor Sanusi with MasterCared CEO Ajay Banga "On February 20, President Goodluck Jonathan suspend...
March 7, 2014

from The Africa Report: Africa in 2064 -- an Afrocentric future

›
Illustration by Emeric Therund " With an African tech boom amidst continental unity and a meltdown in Europe, Stephan Cha...
March 5, 2014

For Investors Heading For The Frontier: Active Management Adds

›
The once-vaunted BRICs have lost their mojo, at least temporarily, as the place to look for stock market diversification. Since April 20...