Month: January 2017

Vivo Energy and Orange announce a collaborative agreement

Vivo Energy, the Shell licensee in Africa, and Orange announce a collaborative Pan-African partnership agreement. Under this agreement, Orange Money customers will be allowed to cash in and cash out money from…

Inflation returns to target band

Since rebasing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to September 2016 in October last year, which most notably saw an increase in the Transport category weighting, annual headline consumer inflation has been on…

Letshego Holdings acquires afb Ghana

Letshego Holdings Limited, the inclusive finance focused group with consumer lending, microfinance and deposit-taking subsidiaries across Southern, East and West Africa, has announced its second acquisition in West Africa, acquiring a 100%…

Equity Trading: BTCL takes the lead

BTCL outperforms for a second week in a row. The telecommunications company has enjoyed an amazing following the release of their interim results in December, moving 19 thebe higher in just less…

Six African SMEs battle for AFIF Entrepreneurship Award 2017

Six African SMEs have been nominated as finalists for the AFIF Entrepreneurship Award 2017, supported by the Rabobank Foundation. Out of the 51 projects from around the continent and following a few…