04/03/2016
First National Bank Ghana, a subsidiary of the Firstrand Group, officially launched its operations on Thursday with a pledge to introduce innovative products and services to customers as well as contribute to Ghana’s socio-economic development.
04/01/2016
The State Bank of Mauritius is the second largest bank in that island nation after the Mauritius Commercial Bank.
03/30/2016
Domestic banks and financial institutions across the region dominated the majority of Awards categories.
03/30/2016
More than 3,500 votes were cast across the 29 categories in the Banker Africa Southern Africa Awards 2016 by the readers of the magazine and the registered users of the financial news website
03/28/2016
As the U.K. bank looks to unload its business in the region, observers think Diamond's Atlas Mara may pursue only some of those assets.
03/28/2016
Specifically, Dewji (40) said he was interested in “Tanzania, Kenya, basically East Africa.”
03/24/2016
The facility is designed to overcome the challenges of lending to smaller businesses which have a higher risk profile.
03/23/2016
PTA will also partner with other Chinese financial institutions to undertake infrastructure projects in Africa.
03/23/2016
South Africa's Capitec Bank has been ranked the best in the world, according to international banking advisory group Lafferty, in its inaugural Bank Quality Rankings.
03/21/2016
The latest strategy update sees the painful, stop-start transformation from highly profitable retail caterpillar to swashbuckling, capital-destroying investment banking...
03/18/2016
Barclays has sold assets, slashed about 6,000 jobs in the last four months and cut dividends
03/14/2016
As an astute investor, Barclays will ask for a premium from potential bidders, who will have to dig deeper into their pockets if they are to walk away with the prized stake, either in full or half.
03/11/2016
Absa recently faced a ratings downgrade from Fitch.
03/10/2016
In interview, CEO of Barclays Africa says group won’t break up and sell individual assets
03/07/2016
It's pretty sweet revenge for Diamond as the deal would mean snapping up one of his old employers' most profitable assets
03/07/2016
Barclays announced last week that it intends to sell its African operations.
03/07/2016
Change in Group shareholders won’t affect Barclays operations in Uganda
03/04/2016
Bob Diamond, the forceful former Barclays chief executive, is approaching investors to back a takeover bid for a swath of the UK bank’s African empire that he helped to construct.ccc
03/04/2016
The bank is expected to fund infrastructural deficit and help address global economic governance
03/03/2016
He expects the deal to close in the first half of this year.