12/21/2016

AccessBank to increase capital

AccessBank was founded in 2002 by organizations such as the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, EBRD, IFC, KfW, a German consulting company LFS Financial Systems (LFS) and AccessHolding.

12/20/2016

Uganda: Six Banks Bid to Buy Crane Bank

The bidding banks are all African-owned except Aethel Partners, an investment and advisory vehicle that owns European Bank-Banco Efisa, a European bank they acquired in 2015.

12/19/2016

Stanbic wins best Botswana bank award

The Banker Magazine, the world’s longest running international banking title, named Stanbic Bank “Botswana’s Bank of the Year 2016”, at a recent gala awards dinner hosted in London.

12/14/2016

Bank of Africa inaugurates subsidiary in Rwanda

The Group chief executive officer, Amine Bouabid, says the firm transformed into a commercial bank after acquiring a controlling stake and getting approvals from the central bank.

12/13/2016

Emerging Markets Retail Banking Growth Slows

EM12 will continue to be the driver of global growth in retail banking because the top ten developed markets are expected to grow by only two percent annually over the next five years.

12/07/2016

Standard Bank seeking ‘girl geeks’

Standard Bank has launched an initiative aimed at increasing the percentage of women working in the traditionally male-dominated technology field.