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ITC and Access Bank team up to unlock Africa’s SME growth

ITC and Access Bank team up to unlock Africa’s SME growth

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Africa to weather billion-dollar storm as “super” El Niño approaches

By Simon Jessop and Marc Jones 27 Jul 2026

Source: Reuters.

Standard Chartered explores sale of Bahrain wealth and retail unit

By Hadeel Al Sayegh 23 Jun 2026

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Standard Bank to finance Africa’s renewable energy boom

10 Jun 2026

Africa 200 ranking reflects growing confidence of Pan-African brands

26 May 2026

Source: Supplied. Ashish Rai, group chief executive officer of Aurionpro Solutions Limited.

DTB and Aurionpro drive next phase of East Africa banking digitalisation

30 Apr 2026

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated has delivered a blockbuster financial performance for 2025, posting a profit of roughly $836m (Image source: © Financial Afrik )

Bank’s pan-African model regains traction, posts profit - despite headwinds

15 Apr 2026

Deep trust, strong brands: 9 South African banks in Brand Finance’s global top 500

5 Mar 2026

Source: Reuters.

Nedbank to buy majority stake in Kenya's NCBA for $856m

Nqobile Dludla 22 Jan 2026

One of the keynote conversations at Bloomberg's inaugural Africa Business Summit featured Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola (Image supplied)

EXCLUSIVE: Bloomberg reflects on the inaugural Africa Business Summit

19 Nov 2025

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Changes to UK sanctions designations list: What African operations need to know

Ryan Nelson, Nikita Shaw, and Cynthia Venter 21 Oct 2025

Checkers' outperforms leading global counterparts when compared to their home markets.

South African brands dominate Africa’s brand value rankings

19 Jun 2025

Nigeria's banking brands dominate

26 May 2025

Morocco banks on green hydrogen to reach energy goals

Morocco banks on green hydrogen to reach energy goals

Ahmed Eljechtimi 7 Mar 2025

Source: The Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Mauritius' former central bank governor released on bail

Villen Anganan 6 Jan 2025

Pictures: Aida Diarra, senior vice president and head of sub-Saharan Africa at Visa with Clayton Hayward, group CEO of EFTCorp. Together they have formed a five year partnership to enhance financial inclusion in Africa (Image supplied)

Visa invests $1bn to grow financial inclusion in Africa, partners with EFTCorp

28 Oct 2024

2024 AABLA Business Leader of the year: African Bank's CEO, Kennedy G Bungane

2024 AABLA Business Leader of the year: African Bank's CEO, Kennedy G Bungane

28 Oct 2024

Source: @USAID_SAfrica/X. Congratulations to Lesotho’s Jalad Africa who emerged as Regional Exporter of the Year at the Southern Africa Regional Exporters Awards held on 26 July in Gqeberha, South Africa. The awards are part of a collaboration between the US Government through @USAID and @ecdc_developec.
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#AGOA2024: Standard Bank highlights partnerships, opportunities

26 Jul 2024

CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors

CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors

Lindsey Schutters 19 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Haytham El Maayergi, executive vice president, Global Trade Bank, Afreximbank and Smangele Mandidi, acting managing director of CBZ Bank during the signing ceremony.

Afreximbank inks $80m deals with CBZ Bank

26 Jun 2024

MTN tops Brand Finance Africa 200 2024 rankings

27 May 2024

Source: © Kapital Afrik BNP Paribas is technically not operating as a bank in South Africa

BNP Paribas no longer operating in South Africa

Danette Breitenbach 7 May 2024

Image supplied. Last year's African Banker Award. the African Banker magazine’s African Banker Awards nominees have been announced for this year

3 women nominees for African Banker Awards Banker of the Year

7 May 2024

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

Nyasha Chingono 5 Apr 2024

A client uses an automated teller machine (ATM) at the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 31 July 2019. Reuters/Maheder Haileselassie Tadese/File Photo

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia recovers $11m lost in system glitch

Dawit Endeshaw and Hereward Holland 27 Mar 2024

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First Abu Dhabi Bank starts selling 5-year debt - IFR

21 Feb 2024

Source: 123RF.

Standard Bank, UnionPay boost African e-commerce

5 Jan 2024

Source: Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI).

IsDBI unveils flagship Islamic finance marketplace

3 Jan 2024

Source: Reuters.

#COP28: Development bank head urges African exemption from EU carbon tax

Simon Jessop 7 Dec 2023

Source: Reuters.

IMF may need to augment Egypt programme amid Gaza war impacts, Georgieva says

20 Nov 2023

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