Azzad Asset Management announces new offerings for African customers

Azzad Asset Management expanded its offerings Tuesday with ethical trade financial opportunities for Asian and African clients through its Azzad Wise Capital Fund. It is estimated that the unmet demand for trade finance in Africa carries a price tag of between $110 and $120 billion. The majority of the fund is made up of sukuk and community development bank investments. Read More »

PwC report highlights challenges in Africa's capital markets

African capital markets experienced some hard times in 2015, according to PwC "2015 Africa Capital Markets Watch" released Monday. The report includes studies of equity and debt capital market transactions that took place between 2011 and 2015 on exchanges across Africa; it also looks at transactions completed by African corporations using international exchanges. Read More »

Aspen Medical International brings medical evacuation plane to Liberia

AMI began operating a Beechcraft Corporation 1900C from James Spriggs Payne Airport in Monrovia, Liberia. The turboprop will provide general aviation and aero-medical evacuation services to West Africa, including Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Niger and Nigeria. It is able to support critical patients using advanced life support equipment. Read More »

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