05/08/2014
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria has appointed Barclays Africa Group Limited and Afrinvest as financial advisers for the divestment of its shareholding in Mainstreet Bank Limited.
05/06/2014
The bonds would represent the West African nation's first venture into the international capital markets
05/05/2014
Capitec and Standard Bank have released their full-year integrated reports
05/02/2014
The majority of African banks have weak capital bases which constrain their ability to obtain adequate trade limits
05/01/2014
Thakkar and Diamond were in Rwanda on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the genocideA
04/29/2014
The sources said the transaction would increase shareholder value
04/25/2014
Following the announcement, Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) confirmed it will inject more capital into South Sudan
04/25/2014
The Russian company expects the South African Reserve Bank to grant it a representative banking licence
04/24/2014
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04/21/2014
New York-based Global Finance magazine has named the Arab Banking Corporation-Algeria, a subsidiary of the Bahrain-based Arab Banking Corporation Group, as the "Best Emerging Markets Bank in Algeria" for the year.
04/21/2014
M&A activity within the Middle East is also on the rise
04/16/2014
Zenith Bank’s $500m Eurobond records 200% over-subscription
The bank is considered to be highly innovative and prudent
04/11/2014
With gold mines, the focus is on cash flow and cutting costs.
04/11/2014
The transaction will see BNP Paribas growing its business in South Africa from corporate and investment banking to consumer credit.
04/11/2014
Cancellation of banking licence ABN Amro
04/11/2014
It climbed the most in the seven-member FTSE/JSE Africa Banks Index after Absa.
04/10/2014
Assuming aforementioned net proceeds were used to implement a share repurchase at current tfg market price of approximately r106 per share
04/09/2014
Woolworths is paying a multiple of 23.8 times forecast 2014
04/09/2014
A much more pronounced recovery in Barclays Africa was foreseen as management indicated that addressing the higher mortgage debt was a priority.
04/08/2014
Warburg Pincus LLC, the private-equity firm managing about $37 billion in assets, is considering investments in Africa and the Middle East as capital starts to flow back into emerging markets.