11/06/2014
Lenders from London to Qatar are hunting for African banks to buy
“There are still massive opportunities when it comes to consumers, because lots of Nigerian banks haven’t even cracked the ice yet,”
11/05/2014
Tanzania: Stanbic Named Tanzania's Best Investment Bank
STANBIC Bank has been named the best investment bank in Tanzania by EMEA Finance, a prestigious magazine, for the year 2014, while its parent company Standard Bank has been named leading investment bank in Africa for the seventh consecutive year.
11/05/2014
The award winning firm led in the investment company category in what was adjudged its consistent introduction of highly innovative investment products and services.
10/31/2014
The Reserve Bank has faith in the local financial sector but troubling factors lie beyond its control.
10/28/2014
The company's operations are organized along three segments: Insurance (long term, short term and mobile insurance); banking (student lending, banking and mortgage financing); and investments (property, education, media and transport).
10/24/2014
The African Export-Import Bank and Heritage Bank on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt, signed an agreement formalising Afreximbank’s $272 million facility in support of Heritage Bank’s acquisition of Enterprise Bank from the Assets Management Corporat
10/20/2014
The London-based lender is targeting emerging markets, with the Middle East and Africa a top priority
10/17/2014
South Africa is not seeing the benefits of investment in the continent as investors look for new markets that "give them a growth story".
10/16/2014
Most recently, Denny advised south african leisure and gaming group Tsogo Sun when brewer SabMiller sold its 40% stake in the group in July for R10.6bn ($1bn).
10/16/2014
Nomura is an Asia-based financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries.
10/15/2014
Standard Bank has been named leading Investment Bank in Africa by EMEA Finance for the seventh consecutive year.
10/13/2014
Former Lazard banker looks to African adventure
Ken Costa, the former chairman of Lazard International who was previously one of the City of London’s best-known rainmakers, is in talks to launch a fund focused on deals in Africa
10/12/2014
The five emerging economies that make up the Brics grouping have come out on the offensive against criticism of their proposed new development bank
10/09/2014
SGSS has been providing securities services in Tunisia, through the Union Internationale de Banques (UIB), a subsidiary of Societe Generale group, since June 2013.
10/07/2014
The Federal Government is targeting $10billion capital base for the proposed Wholesale Development Bank of Nigeria.
10/06/2014
We need $48 billion (Sh4.272 trillion) to fund energy and infrastructure projects
10/06/2014
Most analysts believe this is likely to play out on a regional basis, with Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and its top oil producer, the standout in west Africa, and Kenya, the dominant east African economy, likely to serve that region of the
10/06/2014
A panel of experts, encompassing senior editorial staff from The Banker magazine as well as executives from a range of Africa-focused advisory firms and investment companies were also judges of the award.
09/29/2014
Shareholders in suspended African Bank Investments Limited will have to wait a while before they know if they will recoup any of their investment.
09/25/2014
He revealed the existence of a healthy pipeline of transactions to be funded and noted