08/18/2017
New BRICS bank plans $1.5 billion lending for South African projects
The bank, headquartered in Shanghai, officially opened its African regional centre in Johannesburg on Thursday which will identify projects that it can fund.
Investment Banking
08/18/2017
RMB wins African Banker Investment Bank of the Year award
RMB’s presence in 12 African countries has enabled an extensive deal footprint across more than 35 African countries
08/13/2017
Barclays Africa CEO joins the Group of Thirty
Other well-known members of this group include Ben Bernanke, the former chairman of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System
08/12/2017
Societe Generale woos customers with 'Aben Wo Ha' promo
The ‘Aben Wo Ha’, Mr. Marchal says, is “the biggest and most exciting promotion the bank has offered in a long time”, therefore, customers must grab the opportunity and grow their balances as they stand the chance of winning exciti
08/11/2017
Afreximbank opens shareholding to Investors in Africa
This represents the first time a supranational bank is issuing Depositary Receipts through an African stock exchange.
08/10/2017
Ecobank Transnational finds its footing on GSE
The trivial laggards were GCB Bank Limited ascribed as the second largest bank in Ghana by net profit and total assets lost 0.2 per cent
08/04/2017
South Africa's Standard Bank Said To Prep New Prime Brokerage Unit
AUM among SA-based hedge funds has almost doubled between 2013 and the end of last year.
08/02/2017
Barclays’ drops Nigerian international banking clients with less than £100,000
Why should I close down my account just because I am no longer in the UK?
08/02/2017
Standard Bank Namibia sees growing ties with Chinese businesses
This union also allows for the Chinese community to transact in renminbi
08/02/2017
Farewell Piet Badenhorst: Man who created Absa has died in Australia
His vision was to see building societies progress from mutual institutions – the “Cinderallas of banking” – to fully fledged commercial banks.
08/01/2017
Ghana's railways, energy sectors entice investors at UK-Ghana forum
A number of specific investment sectors including railways, energy and infrastructure were discussed at the forum.
07/26/2017
Bahrain's Al Baraka Banking Group and the Libyan Foreign Bank sign a memorandum of understanding to enhance their banking relations in all fields
The MoU was signed by Mr. Adnan Ahmed Yousif, President & Chief Executive of ABG and Chairman of Al Baraka Türk Participation Bank on behalf of Al Baraka Banking Group and Mr. Mohamed Mohamed A. Ben Yousef, General Manager of LFB on behalf of the
07/26/2017
BoG debunks GCB, NIB merger
The point is that GCB is listed.
07/24/2017
Egypt investment bank gets brokerage licence
The licensing of EFG will bring the total number of authorised market intermediaries in Kenya to 25.
07/19/2017
AfDB in $2b partnership with Islamic Development Bank
Following consultations with various RMC governments, regional economic communities and civil society, the EC has already approved grants amounting to €434 million to support 15 large-scale infrastructure projects in West and Central Africa.
07/19/2017
Stanbic Bank Botswana Continues to Lead in Corporate and Investment Banking Space
The engagement aimed to share key insights, performance and trends in the sector with media, focusing on the local and regional Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) ecosystems.
07/14/2017
Tunisia: A “small bank” doing great things
The TIB has also been behind the installation of many Tunisian investors in Algeria, through Algeria Gulf Bank where we hold 30% of the capital.
07/11/2017
Tracing the money from mergers and acquisition
Citibank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and China’s Construction Bank were the big suited boys in these transactions, who smiled all the way to the bank.
07/11/2017
The day Kenyans dug out cash to receive first bank
Barclays was the first bank to dock there.
07/10/2017
The European Investment Bank offers advice for venture capital in Africa
As Germany uses the G-20 to push private investment, Muent acknowledged that the need for development financial institutions such as EIB will remain.