VENTURES AFRICA – Investec, the Johannesburg and London-listed specialist bank and asset manager, on Thursday said it could perform much better should the state of global markets and economy recover. It made these comments as the bank released results for the year ending March, with interest income dropping to GBP2.1 billion ($3.16 billion) from GBP2.3 [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – The Southern African country of Angola – one of the fastest growing economies on the continent – as announced plans to launch a bourse in the next three years. According to Angola’s Capital Markets Commission (CMC), the launch could even be earlier if the privatisation of state-owned firms in the oil-rich country [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – It is 9:58 am on a Tuesday morning. A group of shoppers wait anxiously for South African chain Woolworths to open at 10:00 am. Two of the irritated shoppers, Andre and Alicia, originally from Portugal, live in a $5000 per month condo, situated on the third floor of this commercial center. Not [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – London based private company Actis, has emerged as a potential bidder for Adcock Ingram, South African pharmaceutical company, according to reports. Business Day(SA) quoted an undisclosed as saying: “I have heard from people in the market that a private equity firm is bidding. This bidder is Actis.” The company is known for [...]