Insight
Investing in Africa, explained plainly.
Market notes, company breakdowns and practical guides for anyone building a portfolio across African and global markets.
What actually happens when you buy a share
Most explanations start with charts. This one starts with what you own, who holds it for you, and where the money goes.
How to buy shares in a market you do not live in
The hardest part is rarely choosing what to buy. It is proving who you are, and arranging the paperwork that lets you take money out again.
How dividends actually work
Four dates, one register, and a piece of paperwork that decides whether money you are owed ever reaches your account.
How to read an annual report when you never studied finance
Five numbers worth finding, where to find them, and the sections you can honestly skip on a first pass.
One exchange is not a portfolio
Holding ten companies in one market is not ten bets. It is one bet, made ten times, on the same currency and the same economy.
What a high dividend yield is really telling you
Sometimes it is generosity. More often it is a falling price, and the two look identical until you check.
Why your portfolio spreadsheet is always wrong
Manual tracking fails in a specific, predictable way. Here is where the error creeps in, and what a broker connection actually changes.