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Premeshin Naidoo

Premeshin Naidoo

Head of Middle East & Asia Corridor - Absa Corporate and Investment Bank

Premeshin Naidoo is Managing Director for the Middle East & Asia Corridor at Absa Group Limited, responsible for the strategy to originate and execute corporate and investment banking solutions for multinational clients across the Middle East and Asia region looking to trade or invest in Africa.

Premeshin has over 20 years of experience in corporate and investment banking focused primarily on the mining and telecoms sectors. He spent 7 years as the Sector Head of TMT for Absa CIB before taking on his current role in January 2020. Prior to Absa, he spent 6 years as the Head of Mining and Telecoms for Citi Bank where he worked on a number of landmark capital raising transactions across Africa.

Prior to his career in banking, Premeshin worked as a Civil Engineer specializing in hydraulics and hydrology, and remains registered as a Professional Engineer. He has further completed a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) as well as a Master of Science in Finance (University of London). In addition, he has attended executive programmes at Kellogg School of Management (Chicago) and Rotterdam School of Management

From mutual interest to mutual understanding: evolving the South Korea-Africa narrative

Aug 15, 2022 17:05 pm UTC| Economy

Africa and South Korea share strong diplomatic relationships with budding economic ties requiring a catalyst to bloom. There is much more work to be done to attract Korean investors to the region, which holds a wealth of...

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Economy

Why delaying the ban on petrol and diesel cars won't slow UK's shift to electric vehicles

The UK has delayed its ban on the sale of new cars which burn petrol or diesel in internal combustion engines (ICE) from 2030 to 2035. In some ways, this is no surprise: the original plan was to ban them from 2040, a...

Cisco Acquires Cybersecurity Giant Splunk for $28B; Tidal Partners Advises in Historic Deal

Cisco Systems, Inc., announced it has acquired Splunk, a software company specializing in cybersecurity. It has tapped Tidal Partners, a new mergers and acquisitions advisory group that was established last year by David...

BLACKPINK Shakeup: 3 Members May Exit YG Entertainment; Shares Plummet 13%

YG Entertainment Inc., one of the leading entertainment agencies in South Korea, experienced a sudden drop in its share prices after it was reported that three of the BLACKPINK members had decided to leave the...

WeBank Eyes 'Open Consortium Chain 2.0' Amid Shift to More Public-Oriented Blockchains

WeBank, Chinas leading digital-only bank, aims to transition from its permissioned consortium blockchains toward more public-oriented ones, highlighting the potential of Open Consortium Chain 2.0. As it seeks greater...

Unilever Revives Q-Tips Sale, Hired Morgan Stanley to Launch Renewed Bid for Divestiture

Unilever plc has restarted the sale process for its Q-Tips and Impulse perfume line. Sources who are familiar with the matter revealed the company already hired Morgan Stanley and Evercore Inc. to organize the sale of the...

Politics

Sunak should be wary of backtracking on net zero – what history tells us about flip-flopping on the environment

Rishi Sunak has delivered a speech in which he announced delays to key net zero targets, including postponing the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars until 2035. It is a remarkable event given that the UK...

The fraught history of India and the Khalistan movement

The Indian government has warned its citizens living in Canada to exercise extreme caution due to a deteriorating security environment in the country. The warning came after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

City watchdog finds no evidence for recent political 'debanking' – but private banks have been picky for centuries

After a row over the closure of his bank account earlier this year, former politician Nigel Farage has hit out at the UK financial regulator for saying it has found no recent evidence of customers being de-banked over...

Nagorno-Karabakh: longest war in post-Soviet space flares yet again as Russia distracted in Ukraine

A 24-hour anti-terrorist operation launched by Azerbaijan to restore the countrys constitutional order threatened briefly to escalate into a full-scale war with Armenia over the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. But...

Racism and democracy: why claims of ‘division by race’ in the NZ election and Voice referendum need challenging

Its a coincidence that New Zealand elects a new parliament on October 14, the same day Australians decide whether (at the request of Indigenous people) they will entrench in the constitution an Aboriginal and Torres...

Science

A Nasa spacecraft is on course to deliver material from an asteroid to Earth – here's what we could learn

Around 15 years ago, I was on a European Space Agency (Esa) committee, looking at Esas strategy for proposed forthcoming space missions. Under consideration was a mission to an asteroid. Over dinner, one of the committee...

Five golden rules for effective science communication – perspectives from a documentary maker

Over the past three years, people from all walks of life have learned a great deal about different branches of science. The COVID-19 pandemic introduced many of us to information about virology and vaccine production....

Discovering the universe from our own backyards

When I was a college student, I worked at the Charlevoix Astronomical Observatory in Québec. It was a pretty decent summer job, as I got to observe celestial bodies until the dead of night, talk to astronomy...

Our planet is burning in unexpected ways - here’s how we can protect people and nature

People have been using fire for millennia. It is a vital part of many ecosystems and cultures. Yet human activities in the current era, sometimes called the Anthropocene, are reshaping patterns of fire across the...

Jamais vu: the science behind eerie opposite of déjà vu

Repetition has a strange relationship with the mind. Take the experience of déjà vu, when we wrongly believe have experienced a novel situation in the past leaving you with an spooky sense of pastness. But...

Technology

NASA's Mars rovers could inspire a more ethical future for AI

Since ChatGPTs release in late 2022, many news outlets have reported on the ethical threats posed by artificial intelligence. Tech pundits have issued warnings of killer robots bent on human extinction, while the World...

How BookTok trends are influencing what you read – whether you use TikTok or not

If youve been in a bookshop recently, you may have seen references to BookTok whether its stickers on books or whole tables dedicated to BookTok favourites. BookTok is a community on the social media app TikTok....

Hyundai, Kia Launch 'Universal Mobility 2.0' in Singapore to Aid Vulnerable Pedestrians

Hyundai and Kia kick-start Universal Mobility 2.0 in Singapore, a navigation initiative supporting vulnerable pedestrians, focusing on the visually impaired and wheelchair users, evolving from their successful EnableLA...

Busan Aims to Become South Korea's Blockchain Hub with $75M Public Mainnet Project

Busan, the second largest city in South Korea, has set out to work on achieving its goal of becoming a Blockchain City. The city will soon launch a public mainnet as part of its initiative for the project that has been...

YouTube Unveils AI-Driven Tools for Enhanced Video Creation

YouTube revealed a range of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI)-powered features aimed at assisting creators in producing videos and expanding their audience reach. As companies incorporate generative AI technology...

Digital Currency

FxWirePro- Top altcoins for the day (Strength index) (ALGOUSD)

JPEX Cryptocurrency Exchange Initiates Deregistration in Australia Amid Hong Kong Controversy

Tether Diversifies Portfolio with Strategic Stake in Northern Data AG, Signals Move into AI

Law

The EU’s anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles is a risky strategy that may backfire

Bill C-22 will provide income security to Canadians with disabilities, but it needs to be done right

Canada’s war crimes investigation may not deter Russia, but it matters to Ukrainians

Life

Why you're probably paying more interest on your mortgage than you think

Krispy Kreme Japan Introduces Premium Nagoya Series Ahead of Autumn

Nestlé, Kellogg Team Up for Breakfast-Themed Drinks Under Frosted Flakes, Eggo Labels

Nature

'Nature positive' isn't just planting a few trees – it's actually stopping the damage we do

Morocco's earthquake and Libya's floods highlight obstacles to relief efforts, from botched disaster diplomacy to destroyed infrastructure

The social lives of kangaroos are more complex than we thought

Sports

Why does my hair turn green from the swimming pool?

Do we really need another Swan Lake?

Nike, Feng Chen Wang Unveil Innovative Collection, Pushing Sportswear Boundaries

Technical Analysis

FxWirePro:EUR/NZD force is with bears a pair hits lowest since Aug 1st

FxWirePro: EUR/AUD fragile, risks collapse to major fib0 support

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