[quote=Cde Monomotapa]The West Africans getting their economies in order... Interesting interview.(video)

Senegal’s President, Macky Sall, talks about his goal of 7% economic growth in the country in the next ten years through an initiative called Emergence. He cites industries as agriculture and infrastructure as key in realizing this goal. President Sall also stated that he plans to diversify the Senegal economy through tourism and mining.

http://usafricagateway.b...ent-plans-get-7-growth/[/quote]


Investors pledge $7.8 billion to kick-start Senegal growth plans

"About 46 percent of financing is for infrastructure, and we're initially going to focus on 27-28 projects," Sall said, highlighting in particular interest from the World Bank, French Development Agency, the Islamic Development Bank and China to finance rail projects.

http://www.reuters.com/a...nt-idUSBREA1O0A020140225

Kenya Re trades at 18.25 while the sellers are asking for 19.90!

Hapa iko kitu, looks like some people are trading info that is not in public domain, like KENGEN case.

WHAT NEWS??!!

KCB set to roll out Islamic Banking solutions.

KCB Group has commenced the process of rolling out Islamic Banking solutions in the country as part of its financial inclusion agenda.

“We plan to launch five products in the first phase which will be up and running by July, this year and then later on introduce more products in the fourth quarter of the year,” he said; adding that the necessary structures including the Information Technology infrastructure are being put in place to boost our compliance to the Sharia requirements.

“Financial markets are increasing in sophistication; the environment is constantly changing and competition is increasing. At KCB we pride ourselves in continued innovation and satisfying the needs of our customers,” said the KCB General Manager of Islamic Banking.

https://www.facebook.com...lutions/749463558420705

End of the month or first few weeks of April