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The ability of renewable energy assets to attract private investment: factors and considerations that influence an investor's decision to invest into South African assets with a renewable energy exposure

Author: Napier, Sarah Vicki Date: 2017 This paper aims at facilitating, through research and increased understanding, the inflow of investments into renewable energy (RE) assets. The private sector represents vast pools of funding that is needed for RE capacity to be unlocked on ... Read more
Alternative financing of teacher education in South Africa: Stakeholder affinity

Author: Saba, Namhla Date: 2018 Adequately prepared quality Maths and Science teachers are crucial to addressing South Africa’s poor learner results and the associated skills development shortages. South Africa has been characterised by dismal and worsening matric SMT ... Read more
An analysis of Candlestick charting: the predictive power of the three-outside-up and three-outside-down Candlestick patterns in the context of small capitalization stocks in the USA

Author: Hutton, Simon Date: 2015 This paper examines the predictive power of two Japanese Candlestick patterns for a 49-stock sample of small capitalization stocks drawn from the S&P 600 for the period 1 June 2005 to 15 May 2015. Using the normal approximation to the binomial ... Read more
Analysis of demographic, socio-economic and geographic factors affecting adoption and success of personal income tax e-filing in South Africa

Author: Mathaba, Jeffrey Themba Date: 2017 E-filing of personal income tax returns is regarded as one of the South African Revenue Service (SARS)'s success stories based on its growth since its inception in 2006. Given the importance of tax revenue as a major source of revenue to ... Read more
An analysis of funding liquidity risk in the South African banking system

Author: Zonke, Khaya Date: 2013 Most emerging markets are faced with the predicament of a misalignment, or mismatch, of assets and liabilities in the banking sector where long-term assets are funded by short-term deposits. The South African (SA) banking sector also faces a ... Read more
An analysis of push and pull factors of capital flows in a regional trading bloc

Author: Mudyazvivi, Elton Date: 2018 Inflows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) into Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) between 2000 and 2014 remained a minute fraction (at only 2% and 1% respectively) of global inflows. This study seeks to explain ... Read more
An analysis of the causality effect of exchange rate and interest yields: a case study of Zambia

Author: Bwalya, Obed Date: 2017 This study analyses the relationship between the US Dollar/Zambian kwacha exchange rate and the interest rate yields on the 91-day and 182-day T-bills in Zambia. Using statistical analysis of regression analysis and co integration, the study ... Read more
An analysis of the potential socio-economic impacts of shale gas development in South Africa

Author: Tukwayo, Yonela Date: 2016 The South African government is in the process of considering shale gas exploration applications in the Karoo basin. There are conflicting views on whether the development of the resource will be to the detriment or benefit of the South African ... Read more
An analysis of the profitability and sustainability of savings and credit co-operatives in Botswana

Author: Nthaga, Laone Gosego Date: 2018 Since the 2008 financial crisis, global attention has been drawn to co-operatives, owing to their resilience and ability to flourish during tough economic conditions. The potential of co-operatives as a catalyst for sustainable development ... Read more
Assessing the Principal Agent Problem in Mobile Money Services: Lessons from M – PESA in Lesotho

Author: Thabane, Matela Date: 2018 The expansion and diffusion of mobile phones globally has resulted in the provision of financial transactional services over the existing mobile phone platforms, generally referred to as mobile money. The supply end of mobile money services ... Read more
Beijing Consensus: alternative for Africa's development challenges? The case for Zimbabwe

Author: Nyere, Shepherd Date: 2015 The research aimed to study whether the Beijing Consensus, a Chinese development model is an alternative development model for Africa. The study used Zimbabwe's plan to collateralise its natural resources mainly minerals under the Angola Model ... Read more
Bound to Impact: a best practices guide to term sheets in African Impact Investing deals

Author: Pepper, Nicholas Date: 2016 This study focuses on the Impact Investing industry in sub-Saharan Africa through a comparative analysis of three industry-leading institutions' term sheets. A key output of this exploratory research is the development of a best practices ... Read more
Business incubators in Zambia: A study of the impact on small business enterprises

Author: Kasase, William K Date: 2017 This study tested the impact of Business Incubators (BI) in stimulating the growth of small to medium businesses in a Southern African country, Zambia. The study explores the existence, awareness, beliefs and experience in a sub Saharan ... Read more
Can individuals be influential in driving sustainable and responsible investing?

Author: Nkomo, Juliana Date: 2015 Trust law has hindered beneficiaries from exerting their voice in the administration of their funds. Yet, individuals do have opinions on how they want their funds to be invested and wish to direct the investments to align with their values. ... Read more
The case of Land Bank's retail emerging markets (REM) funding model for emerging farmers

Author: Dlamini, Mandisa Date: 2017 The Land Bank's retail emerging markets (REM) funding model was established in 2011. The main objective of the following study was to investigate whether the collaborations between agricultural industry players involved in the funding model, ... Read more
Catalytic effects of IMF agreements on foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in sub-Saharan Africa

Author: Mathebula, Percy Date: 2017 It is customary to postulate that International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreements or arrangements in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will facilitate foreign capital investments or FDI inflows from multinational corporations and or foreign investors. ... Read more
Causal linkages between FDI, financial sector development, remittances, domestic savings and economic growth in South Africa

Author: Mbu, John Date: 2014 This report examines the causal linkages between FDI, financial sector development, savings, remittances and economic growth in South Africa using annual time series data from 1970 to 2010. The results show that none of the financial sector ... Read more
The causal relationship between road transport infrastructure development and economic growth in Namibia (1990-2014)

Author: Mungendje, Louis Date: 2018 The major aim of the study was to examine the short and long-run relationships and directional causality flow between road transport infrastructure development and economic growth in Namibia for the period 1990-2014. To achieve this objective, ... Read more
Communication and its impact on enterprise financial sustainability

Author: Kapepula, Annie Date: 2014 This study investigates the impact of value communication on financial sustainability of not for profits set up as small to medium scale enterprises. The major objective is to determine whether there is a significant impact on the financial ... Read more
Comparative analysis of financing instruments used by development finance institutions: lessons for Brics Development Bank

Author: Ntsaluba, Sango Siviwe Date: 2014 Financing instruments are the means by which development finance institutions carry out their mandate of addressing the socio-economic needs of the country, group of countries or a region. It is of great importance that the development and ... Read more

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