08/02/2016
Kgotso Bannalotlhe is the Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at the Barclays Bank of Botswana. In fact he is “the diamond man” at the bank, having driven Barclays steady entry into the diamond sector.
08/01/2016
Barclays Africa’s share price has gained more than 11 percent since its parent company, Barclays, announced that it was selling its 62.3 percent stake in Barclays Africa.
08/01/2016
Barclays CEO Jes Staley, who took over a year ago, decided in March to sell down the stake in its African operations
07/29/2016
Barclays Plc is selling down its 62 per cent stake, which is worth some $5 billion, in Barclays Africa Group (BAG) under a plan by new Chief Executive, Jes Staley
07/28/2016
MTN agreed to list the unit in Nigeria, the company’s biggest market, as part of a deal to pay a 330 billion naira fine in cash to the Nigerian government for missing a deadline to disconnect unregistered subscribers.
07/27/2016
Around 47,000 Chinese tourists visited South Africa last year, making South Africa one of China’s fastest growing tourist destinations.
07/26/2016
“Standard Bank – trading as Stanbic Bank – has been formally awarded a banking license in Côte d’Ivoire,” it said in a statement, adding that it was gearing up to commence banking operations but did not give a timeframe
07/21/2016
It will also be recalled that in May, the company announced its intentions to divest part of its 62 percent stake in Barclays Africa to a level, which would permit it to de-consolidate Barclays Africa from a regulatory perspective.
07/18/2016
The prestigious award was conferred to Access Bank, the first African financial institution to win the award in recognition of the Bank’s ability to holistically embed sustainability across the financial institution.