Financial Services
Why Is Crowdfunding Now Taking Off In North Africa?
Following the success of Kickstarter.com and IndieGoGo.com, crowdfunding platforms around the world have taken off. There is big money involved....
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Facebook Messenger set to start money transfer service
Facebook is giving the more than 500 million users of its Messenger app the ability to send money to each...
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Germany riot targets new ECB headquarters in Frankfurt
Dozens of people have been hurt and some 350 people arrested as anti-austerity demonstrators clashed with police in the German...
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Apple set to join Dow Jones replacing AT&T
Apple, the biggest US company by market value, will be included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 19 March.It...
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Greek debt deal: PM Alexis Tsipras warns of ‘difficulties’
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has warned of "real difficulties" ahead, as his government faces a Monday deadline to submit...
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Taskforce to work on establishment of an Exim Bank
President John Dramani Mahama has set up a taskforce to work on establishing a Ghana Exim Bank.The taskforce, which will...
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How Africa’s Capital Markets Are Shaping A New Kind Of Venture Capital
Investing in any emerging market is complex, but perhaps none are quite as challenging as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Unlike the...
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Rand Merchant Bank Extends West African Operation To Ghana
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a division of First Rand Bank Limited in South Africa, will by June this year expand...
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Bank of Ghana: Workers have no right to demand full disclosure of pension funds
The Bank of Ghana is asking an Industrial and Labour Court to throw out a request by 12 labour unions...
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MET Insurance targets 30% medium-term growth as new investor arrives
New majority shareholders in Metropolitan Insurance Company (MET Insurance), Hollard Insurance of South Africa, has pledged to invest in information...
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