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
09/23/2014
Once operational, the new solar plant will significantly increase power generation in Burkina Faso.
09/19/2014
The US Export-Import (ExIm) Bank has become the latest political football in Washington, as Democrats and Republicans argue over its value to the American economy.
09/12/2014
African Bank IPO Set for February as ‘Good Assets’ Saved
An initial public offering is planned for the second half of February
09/11/2014
Qatar National Bank’s stake in Ecobank will be a boost to the pan-African lender, after being plagued by governance issues since last year, while signalling a battle for ownership in the pan-African lender.
09/10/2014
South African investment bank Investec said on Tuesday it will sell its UK mortgage business for 180 million pounds.
09/08/2014
The investment was QNB’s first acquisition in ETI and marked the bank’s first entry into Africa.
09/08/2014
India's largest bank, the State Bank of India, plans to lend R6bn to businesses in South Africa over the next two years, growing its loan book to about R10bn.
09/07/2014
"I don't think it was primarily meant to challenge the existing multilateral institutions but it certainly is saying look we have plenty of money ourselves"
09/05/2014
The United Bank for Africa Plc has been named the ‘best transaction bank’ from Africa in 2014 by UK based magazine -The Banker.
09/05/2014
A prospectus will be issued around September 15, according to Mr Munatsi, after which ABC will become a private company and subsequently delisted from the Botswana and Zimbabwe stock exchanges.
09/05/2014
Atlas Mara ups stake in Union Bank of Nigeria to 29.9pc as it attempts to profit from African growth