The Regulation Of Financial Markets In The Southern African Region - Current Status And Developments
Posted on March 9, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
The success of the financial sector is a key component for economic development
The financial markets sector is one important area of public concern in Africa. The need for adequate regulation and supervision of Financial Markets as an important mechanism for the promotion of economic development in African countries cannot be overemphasized. Financial markets regulation remains a very sensitive and complex activity when it comes to governmental policy development, with relation to defining strategic options pertaining to financial regulation. This article reviews the current status of financial farkets, the legal and regulatory frameworks in the Southern African region, with a special focus on selected countries.
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Posted on February 1, 2008 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
August 2007
The role of treaties in the promotion of trade and investments
International treaties are now, more than in the past, playing a fundamental role in international trade relations. With the fast developing communication systems and technology, and as the phenomenon of globalization of economy is affecting all aspects of modern activities, transactions between countries on all continents are becoming more complex and intricate. With this new 21st century, trade and foreign investment transactions, as well as capital flows have reached unprecedented levels. The more complex are the trade operations, the higher is the number of rules and treaties adopted for a safer management and fairer governance of the global market.
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Posted on December 30, 2007 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment
The State of Financial Markets in the Southern African Region
Up to the end of 1994, there were 14 stock exchanges in the entire African continent. These were Cairo (Egypt), Casablanca (Morocco), Tunis (Tunisia) in North Africa; Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), Accra (Ghana), and Lagos (Nigeria) in West Africa and Nairobi (Kenya) in Eastern Africa. In the Southern African region, they were Windhoeck (Namibia), Gaborone (Botswana), Johannesburg (South Africa), Port Louis (Mauritius), Lusaka (Zambia), Harare (Zimbabwe) and Mbabane (Swaziland). In 2005, most of other countries in Southern Africa have developed their own stocks exchange markets. They are Maputo (Mozambique), Dar-Es-Salam (Tanzania) and Luanda (Angola).
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