Browsing: Banks & Insurance

Diamond Bank can now only operate in Nigeria as a national bank. The institution was notified of the decision by…

The Moroccan bank Banque Centrale Populaire Populaire (BCP) is in the process of finalizing its acquisition of majority stake in…

The German bank DEG, a subsidiary in charge of the private sector of KfW, the German development agency, opened on…

Central African Republic today in Cairo formalised its membership of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) with the deposit of the instrument…

Insurer Sunu has just celebrated its 20th birthday. It was December 1, 2018 in Dakar on the sidelines of a…

The Ivorian Bank Corporation (SIB) has just gleaned a new laurel this time internationally. The hotel has received the title…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) yesterday in Moscow signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russian Railways and the Russian Export…

Ecobank is back on the debt market. This is a sign of an ever-pressing need for funds to finance an…...

The Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) announces having signed, Friday, November 16, two cooperation agreements with its Moroccan sister, Bank…

“Insurer, a poorly known job”. This is the title of an essay published this weekend by Magloire Dochamou, former director…

Banque Atlantique Mali announces the launch of a program of electrification in solar energy in a rural environment as part…

In Ghana, the mobile operator, AirtelTigo, has entered into a partnership with BIMA, the provider of mobile health and insurance…

The International Bank for Trade and Industry of Côte d’Ivoire (BICICI) announced that it has entered into “promising” contacts with…

Crowdfunding can play an important role in reducing the financing needs of African SMEs, estimated at $ 331 billion, far…

At the market forum organized by the Federation of African National Insurance Companies (FANAF), on 8 and 9 November 2018…

By Kouao Brice, The School of the Abidjan Stock Exchange At December 31, 2017, the leading bank in Cote d’Ivoire…

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has released its unaudited financial statements for the nine months ended 30 September 2018, showing…

The privatization of the Togolese Bank for Trade and Industry (BTCI) and the Togolese Union of Bank (UTB) as well…...

The 14th subregional edition of the BRVM Days was held in Ouagadougou on 12 and 13 November under the theme…

For this discerning reader, the decline experienced by the BRVM goes beyond the law of supply and demand. Behind daily…

By Daniel Aggre, Sika Advisory. In a context of difficult exploitation with the entry into force of the Baloise provisions…

The first Board of Directors of the BHCI, meeting October 30, elected James Clayton and renewed Abou Touré respectively as…

The raising of the minimum capital in the CIMA zone has been talked about on the sidelines of the Markets…...

The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, at the Global SME Finance Awards Forum in Spain,…

On November 8, wealth manager Julius Baer (or Bär) opened a representative office in Johannesburg, South Africa. Through this first…

While non-life insurance remains the driving force of activity in Africa, in the world it is rather the life branch…

As we wrote, the Gabonese Development Bank is in liquidation. The temporary administrator, Steeve Saurel Legnongo, has until December 31…

Ecobank Ghana’s pre-tax profit rose 40.68% to 353.3 million GH ¢ (about $ 73 million) in the first nine months…

The Bank of Central African States (Beac) announced, at the end of the third monetary policy committee on 31 October,…

And if the short sentence of President Alassane Ouattara on Saf Cacao, pronounced on September 25, on the sidelines of…...