Adelaide Changole

Human. Journalist. Thoughts and opinions here all my own.

[Adelaide Changole @adengat]

https://t.co/Cde1evnI5B
Revego Fund Managers is exploring a merger
with H1 Holdings that would create one of South Africa’s largest renewable energy-focused funds.

Via @business

[Adelaide Changole @adengat]

https://t.co/Cde1evnI5B
Revego Fund Managers is exploring a merger
with H1 Holdings that would create one of South Africa’s largest renewable energy-focused funds.

Via @business

[John-Allan Namu @johnallannamu]

The Trump administration is planning to send US citizens exposed to Ebola for treatment in
KENYA: https://t.co/lftPuVfjQp @MOH_Kenya I don't see you quoted in this NYT article. When was this going to be shared with the public if true?

[Bloomberg @business]

Equity Group is raising efforts to double its regional footprint https://t.co/YzQ9oLt2TE

[Bloomberg @business]

African governments are increasingly turning to unconventional borrowing strategies, Citi says https://t.co/soO6aREefX

[Adelaide Changole @adengat]

Via @Bloomberg : FirstRand hires Bank of America Corp. and its own investment-banking arm, Rand Merchant Bank, as advisers to help it sell its UK-based Aldermore Group and exit the European market.

https://t.co/aYYysM9Dx3

[Bloomberg @business]

FirstRand hires advisers to help it sell its UK-based Aldermore unit and exit the European market https://t.co/e9y5WbdObR

[Bloomberg @business]

FirstRand hires advisers to help it sell its UK-based Aldermore unit and exit the European market https://t.co/e9y5WbdObR

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In the 1950s there were an estimated 5 million elephants in Africa.

In 1970s the population dropped to approximately 1.3 million and in 2000s numbers plummeted to 400,000.

Now mega herds are starting to reappear, thanks to conservation efforts.

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

Africa’s biggest banks are heading to East Africa, converging on Kenya as it offers the best gateway to almost 500 million people in the EAC, roughly the size of the EU, with a $580 billion economy expanding at one of the fastest rates globally.
https://t.co/48KoptoWyn

[Bloomberg @business]

Africa’s biggest lenders are converging on Kenya, betting the country offers the best gateway into East Africa’s fast-growing but underbanked economies https://t.co/zwYK2KYCAL

[Julians Amboko @AmbokoJH]

Any help in tracing will be highly appreciated.

[SurenNaidoo @SurenNaidoo]

#StandardBank @SBGroup
profit at record as fees trump waning loan income.
#MoneywebNews https://t.co/lKCwtpZeQZ via @Moneyweb
@adengat

[SurenNaidoo @SurenNaidoo]

Nedbank plans to sell Ecobank stake as it resets Africa strategy.
By @adengat @BloombergAfrica
#MoneywebNews https://t.co/FTTJP4e9D4 via @Moneyweb

[Moneyweb News @Moneyweb]

FNB eyes Guernsey expansion to serve SA expats and high-net-worth clients with full banking services — a strategic hedge against volatility.

#Moneyweb #PrivateBanking

https://t.co/sjumS1XZCA

[Exeat Holdings @exeatholdings]

Rare instance of expansion (rather than retrenchment – merger of branches, conversions of subsidiaries into branches, de-authorisation requests of existing licences, ...) of a traditional financial services player in the international banking space.

[News24 Business @News24_Business]

The new CEO of South Africa’s biggest bank by customers has a unique problem on his hands.

https://t.co/24VB4BQfId

[SurenNaidoo @SurenNaidoo]

#Absa’s new chief #KennyFihla
plots turnaround after six years of CEO tumult.

By @adengat
#MoneywebNews https://t.co/LOcIPCVVRa via @Moneyweb

[Bloomberg @business]

Investec will pay a record dividend for the third year in a row after the bank’s operating profit surpassed the £1 billion mark for the first time https://t.co/K5n0VsLEgx

[Zoe Schneeweiss @ZSchneeweiss]

Europe woos Africa as Trump’s tariff war roils global trade https://t.co/aBFgjz5ya9 via @adengat

[Adelaide Changole @adengat]

Standard Chartered Plc is considering expanding its presence in Africa to grow its wealth and transactions businesses, after spending the past three years exiting some of its smaller operations on the continent.

https://t.co/AtJcOVhySy