Awards
World’s Best Private Banks 2023: Africa
Global Finance presents the best private banks in Africa.
Author: John Njiraini
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Banking
Africa’s FDI Rebound
Tremendous opportunities await foreign direct investors, but geopolitical issues, China’s lending practices and human rights violations may stymie that potential.
Features
Balancing Physical And Digital Presence: Q&A With Bridge Bank Group CEO Ehouman Kassi
Ehouman Kassi, CEO at Bridge Bank Group in Côte d’Ivoire, discusses strategies the bank has deployed to penetrate the market.
Executive Interviews
Building An Investment Bridge: Q&A With Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright
Alice Albright, CEO of the US foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), discusses why Africa is an important investment destination for US dollars.
Executive Interviews
Growth Despite Headwinds: Q&A With NCBA Group Managing Director John Gachora
John Gachora, NCBA Group managing director, spoke to Global Finance on NCBA Bank’s consolidation-driven growth strategy amid global and local shocks.
Executive Interviews
Moving Beyond Petro: Q&A With Zenith Bank CEO Ebenezer Onyeagwu
Ebenezer Onyeagwu, CEO of Zenith Bank, shares thoughts on the bank’s strategy to maintain its dominance in the Nigerian market while exploring opportunities beyond.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Central Banker Report Cards 2022
After years of easy money, central banks are tightening up—some more quickly than others. Global Finance grades their performance in the face of the past year’s rising inflation.
News
Kenya: New President Ready To Hustle
The new president has said he intends to prioritize agriculture and food security, stimulate job creation and reawaken the competitiveness of the private sector by reducing government domestic borrowing.
News
Food Security Rears Its Ugly Head
Lack of agricultural investments by African nations leads to a bitter harvest.
News
China Offers Africa Debt Relief
For China, interest-free debt cancellation does not have significant material impacts on its debt stock in the continent.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Somalia Returns To The Global Banking Scene
Egypt’s Banque Misr and Turkey’s Ziraat Katilim are the first international banks to begin operations in Somalia.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Multinational Banks Scale Back African Operations
Standard Chartered and Barclays Bank are both reducing their presence in African markets.