Ecobank’s Ade Ayeyemi: Give banks the flexibility they need to put the economy back on its feet
Ecobank Group CEO Ade Ayeyemi talks to us about the impact of Covid-19 on African banking and the role of banks in bringing about economic recovery.…
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Building the Asia-Mauritius-Africa Corridor (*Branded Content)
Established in 1973, SBM has more than 20% of the market share in domestic advances and deposits in Mauritius and is also present in Madagascar, India and Kenya.…
Ecobank holds 30th Annual General Meeting in Lomé, Togo
Ecobank’s AGM is the occasion for many small shareholders from all over Africa to lobby for dividends and ask questions about the bank’s performance in a conducive atmosphere.…
Africa Re joins African Finance Corporation
African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) has become the first multi-lateral financial institution to invest in Africa Finance Corporation as it becomes a member of AFC – the pan-African multilateral development finance institution.…
“We are witnessing the birth of an African digital economy and this is just the beginning,” says Wari CEO
To what extent is your platform an African solution to a uniquely African situation?
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Fintech Report: The disruptive new kid on the bloc
Amid all the hype, fintech is in the process of revolutionising the provision of financial services in Africa.…
Nominees Announced for African Banker Awards 2016
The 10th African Banker Awards will be held in Lusaka, Zambia on 25th May.…
Barclays Africa: the tough sell
At the beginning of the year, tensions were running high in the head office of Barclays Africa Group (BAGL) in Johannesburg, with stories being thrown around of banking giant Barclays PLC – the multinational and systemically important bank registered in the UK – planning on pulling out of Africa.…
Capital-starved SMEs desperate for loans
The story of Africa’s microfinance revolution has so often been repeated that it risks cliché.…
Ecobank’s Ikazoboh: A man who’s good in a crisis
Emmanuel Ikazoboh was brought in to Ecobank as chairperson in June 2014, as the company was going through tumultuous times.…