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2016 Budget Speech: Everything you need to know Last week South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan announced the 2016 budget. In the Budget Speech he had to balance South Africa’s books by providing a sound framework for the year ahead, in a manner that addresses the prevailing economic and social issues faced by the country.Let’s see how he fared… 2016 Budget Speech highlights: The expenditure ceiling was cut by R25bn over the next three years (R10bn in 2017/2018 and R

Exploring Africa’s Development Finance and Microfinance Market Development Finance in Africa is quite a niche market. I posted the question of what is Development Finance, on our social media sites, and to my surprise, I received no response. Nobody seemed to know what Development Finance entails. So, before publishing this article, given that I am not a Development Financier, I had to thoroughly investigate the topic before being able to discuss it. That included researching

It is said that by 2028 the economy of Nigeria is to become the 25th largest in the world, confirming the country’s ranking as the largest economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. While we’re on the subject, South Africa does not have any place in this table that contains 30 prospective economic powerhouses by 2028.  While on the flip side, Nigeria, currently 36th on the table, is not only expected to rank 25th on this chart, The economy of Nigeria is anticipated to The chart shows Nig