THE HAGUE, Netherland, May 11, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Letter to the Editors from Duncan Clarke – Chairman & CEO – Global Pacific & Partners: At the release of our Conference Program for 19th Africa Oil Week 2012, with final Brochure mailed next week, we are pleased this year to celebrate our over 30 [...]

PSRA 2012 is Asia’s most informed meeting place for central banks, commercial banks, settlement systems architects and connected payment services providers. As more and more people now work overseas with mobile phones and internet access, mobile, e-banking and newer payment technologies are seen as being powerful driving forces used to transact funds and this is [...]

The Director General of the West African anti-money laundering institution has urged continued support from member countries for the effective implementation of the anti-money laundering and terrorist financing measures in the region. Dr Abdullah Shehu, who heads the Dakar based Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), was addressing ambassadors of the [...]

Twenty-seven Trailblazing Companies from Europe and Africa Honoured for their Gold-standard Performance LONDON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Industry leaders from Europe and Africa were recognised at Frost & Sullivan’s prestigious Growth Excellence Awards Banquet held in London yesterday. The Awards Banquet marked the culmination of Frost & Sullivan’s marquee one-day Growth Innovation and Leadership [...]

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. and HIGHVELD PARK, South Africa, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Row 44, Inc., provider of the world’s leading In-Flight Broadband Entertainment Ecosystem, and its African partner, Wireless G, in association with Mango and Vodacom, launched G-Connect In-Flight Wi-Fi on Africa’s first broadband Internet-enabled flight. The service provides Mango’s passengers with full Internet [...]

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Earn-A-Car Inc. (OTC:BB – ticker symbol EACR), (“Company”), announced today that Avis Fleet Services in South Africa has increased the Company’s wholly owned South African subsidiary’s current credit line from the previous ZAR9million, to ZAR13million (approximately US$1,654,000). Currently, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Earn-A-Car (PTY) Ltd., has [...]

CHICAGO, May, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Stocks and funds in this article include MSCI South Africa Index Fund (EZA) and WisdomTree Dreyfus South African Rand Fund (SZR) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101027/ZIRLOGO) Neena Mishraexplains why the upside for South Africa ETFs may be limited in the near-term but may continue to be rewarding in the long-run. Time for South [...]

Standard Bank Group has been awarded Best Research House in Africa for Economics and also achieved a top three position in a further four categories in the Euromoney Annual Africa Research Poll. The categories are: Consumer Goods/Retail, Strategy, Banking and Finance and Construction/Cement. Euromoney magazine’s Annual Africa Research Poll is based on a survey of [...]

Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited and The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited have signed a US$31.2m medium-term loan facility, which will partially finance a new commercial office and retail development at the Airport City, Accra, Ghana. The project, One Airport Square, is being developed by sub-Saharan Africa’s most experienced private equity real estate investor, Actis. [...]

Payments, Settlements and Remittances Asia 2012 Safe, secure and efficient payments through cards, telebanking, online and mobile systems 30-31 May 2012, Le Meridien Jakarta www.arcmediaglobal.com/paymentsindo     Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor Ronald Waas, Asian Central Banks uncover payment oversight at PSRA 2012 on 30-31 May 2012 at Le Meridien, Jakarta Asian Central Banks, Commercial Banks, [...]