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28 June 2022
Investors should be heartened by Africa’s economic resilience in a trying global environment - By Goolam Ballim, Chief Economist, Standard Bank Group
In an era of heightened geopolitical tension and rising inflation, it is easy for investors to ‘retreat’ and eschew opportunities outside of the developed world. This can extend to Africa, and there is an air of scepticism of Africa’s economic recovery and long-term growth prospects. While not as severely impacted as the West and other developed economies, Africa’s growth was dented by Covid-19 as trade flows stuttered and tourism stalled. This has prompted the IMF to predict that Sub-Saharan Africa will grow at just 3.8% in 2022, much lower than the average performance since 2000.
21 June 2021
Africa Investors' Conference 2021
Standard Bank Group is bringing together international investors, policymakers and top African corporates to look ahead to the opportunities in a growing Africa. The 11th Africa Investors’ Conference (AIC), held in collaboration with the ICBC and Standard Bank, is being held over 5 days from 21-25 June.
23 March 2021
Standard Bank’s OneFarm Share platform provides over 1 million meals for food relief – targets 30 million in 2021
Standard Bank’s OneFarm Share initiative in South Africa, which matches requests for food relief to suppliers with good quality excess fresh produce, has, since November 9, collected and distributed more than 270 tonnes of food to accredited beneficiary organisations, providing over 1 million meals to vulnerable individuals.
8 July 2020
Partnership with leading global expert to launch paper on Africa’s platform economy
Standard Bank partners with leading global expert to launch paper on Africa’s platform economy. Many African organisations are well placed to drive the next wave of innovation in the global platform economy, according to the findings of a report by world-renowned platform economy expert Sangeet Paul Choudary and Standard Bank’s Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) Digital unit.
31 October 2019
Standard Bank to match over 90 African clients with China export opportunities at world’s largest trade expo in Shanghai
Standard Bank will host over 90 clients from six African countries at its networking activities, in partnership with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), at the upcoming China International Import Expo (CIIE) from 5-10 November in Shanghai.
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