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.
03/03/2016
The deal signed yesterday will enable Barclays customers conduct transactions such as withdrawals
03/03/2016
The annual risk awards ceremony identifies best practice in the risk management and derivatives markets.
03/03/2016
Barclays Tanzania Managing Director Kihara Maina told journalists that the bank operations in Africa would remain intact and maintain the same expansion strategy.
03/02/2016
The London bank said yesterday that it would sell down its 62% stake in Johannesburg-based Barclays Africa over the next two to three years.
02/29/2016
Through this exclusive partnership, Serengeti Capital will be advising on credit and mezzanine investment opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa
02/29/2016
The GTB MD was delivering a speech on behalf of the president of the Gambia Bankers Association
02/24/2016
The group, which operates as Stanbic in Zambia, has also forecast that Africa’s growth will linger in the range of four and five percent.
02/24/2016
With this development, twenty eight lucky customers were rewarded for downloading, registering and using the Diamond mobile app last December.
02/22/2016
The sides signed an agreement Thursday, settling the dispute that originated in 2013 and has gone to courts in Togo, Ivory Coast and England
02/19/2016
The investment bank told analysts on Thursday that it would make changes to its promotion cycle in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
02/18/2016
The African Entrepreneurship Award receives funding allocation amounting to $1 million every year to reward the best African entrepreneurs
02/18/2016
RainFin, the largest peer-to-peer lender in South Africa according to Bloomberg, allows people or businesses looking for better return on their cash to lend the money online to other parties including small businesses.
02/17/2016
Standard Chartered’s investment products include unit trusts, fixed income securities and a regular savings plan.
02/17/2016
Executives will also discuss the bank’s latest plans for separating the U.K. consumer and investment banking arms under so-called ringfencing rules
02/16/2016
Markets, shareholders and analysts assert that Britain’s second-largest retail lender by assets is now worth far less, and ought to cut its losses and sell its underperforming Investment Bank and African unit.
02/15/2016
The potential of the Nigerian economy will be the main focus at the 7th Standard Bank West Africa Investors’ Conference, to be held in Lagos from February 23 to 25.
02/15/2016
Mr De Roos said such systems also need to enhance the operational efficiency within a client’s organisation by adapting to the manner in which they execute their foreign exchange transactions.