07/08/2019
Africa’s retail banking markets are ripe with potential and present huge opportunities for innovation and further growth, as per a February 2018 report by McKinsey titled Roaring to life: Growth and Innovation in African retail Banking.
07/08/2019
The SA Reserve Bank recently announced it might sell its 50% shareholding in African Bank in the next year or two
07/08/2019
The year-on-year growth in Kenyan remittances between 2017 and 2018 was 39 percent.
07/08/2019
The programs are across five thematic areas that include education and leadership development
07/08/2019
Business Chief looks at the top 10 biggest companies in the Middle East & Africa, according to their revenue and reputation as an employer.
07/05/2019
The Abuja roadshow targets chief executive officers, captains of industry, State governments and other key players that will re-affirm Nigeria’s investment-ready status.
07/05/2019
Absa also reported potential retrenchments at its retail and business banking unit as part of a planned restructuring.
07/05/2019
"If a country wants to avoid a debt crisis, you need to make sure that the cost of borrowing is lower than the return on investment."
07/05/2019
The Bank will also participate in the meetings of the 37th NEPAD Heads of state and Government Orientation Committee
07/04/2019
Part of the Absa Group's separation agreement with Barclays Plc was to "remove the Barclays brand from all assets by mid-2020 at the latest.
07/03/2019
The primary reason we have embarked on this programme, is because of long term sustainable development of our internal talents” he concluded.
07/03/2019
Okoli said Access Bank was committed to making the CIFI a huge success.
07/03/2019
In his report to the AGM, Benedict Oramah, the president of Afreximbank, said the Bank’s total revenues rose by 24% in 2018 to reach $806 million while the net income increased to $276 million, representing a 26% increase on the level in 2017.
07/02/2019
South Africa, Egypt, and Morocco banks feature prominently among the largest banks in Africa.
07/02/2019
Of the top 10 African banks by Tier 1 capital, South Africa’s Standard Bank retains the top spot in the 2019 rankings with $9.8 billion.
07/02/2019
The Chandaria family, which has extensive investments in paper manufacturing, petroleum, real estate and banking, founded Guardian Bank in 1992.
07/02/2019
“We are in discussion with large businesses that rely on low-end SMEs for goods and services where our sole intention is to support the low-end businesses with loans to improve their processes via purchase of equipment to fulfil contracts awarded to
07/01/2019
The jump in earnings comes at a time when credit growth to the private sector improved to 4.9 percent
06/28/2019
But, while Discovery Bank was getting off the ground, the likes of FirstRand Ltd.’s First National Bank and Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. had a head start to bolster their own services and begin a price war.
06/28/2019
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia now hopes that the new all-female operated branch will deepen financial inclusion among women across the country.