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Access Bank, Sweden, others partner on capacity building

Access Bank Plc is collaborating with the Global Reporting Initiative Focal Point South Africa, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and Thistle Praxis Consulting on sustainability of capacity building in the country. The bank said a capacity building session, tagged G4 Sustainable Reporting Guideline Training Workshop, was designed to empower participants […]

AFRICA INVESTMENT-Trading places: Nigeria-S. Africa GDP duel is not a zero sum game

South Africa could soon lose its status as Africa’s biggest economy to Nigeria, but in the race to be the continental powerhouse being biggest may not be everything. Nigeria, Africa’s No. 1 oil producer, will complete a rebasing of its gross domestic product (GDP) by next month, its statistics office […]

Finish the Job on Financial Regulation

By José Vinals’ Brisbane and Basel may be 10,000 miles apart, but when it comes to financial regulation the two cities will be standing cheek by jowl. At the next summit of the Group of Twenty advanced and emerging economies, to be held in Brisbane in November, political leaders will […]