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- 3 Dec 2019
UBA Group Emerges African Bank of the Year for Second Year Running
The Banker Magazine has once again selected leading African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc as the “African Bank of the Year 2019”. This is the second time, UBA has…
- 25 Jul 2016
Oduoza, UBA Boss Calls For Closer Collaboration Among African Central Banks
Mr Philips Oduoza, outgoing group managing director, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, pan-African banking group, has called for increased collaboration among African central banks in order to drive…
- 19 Sept 2018
AfDB, MCB Group Launch African Domestic Bond Fund
The African Development Bank and Mauritius Commercial Bank Group (MCB) have launched the African Domestic Bond Fund (ADBF). It is the first multijurisdictional fixed income Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)…
- 1 Dec 2021
UBA Group Dominates the 2021 Banker Awards, Wins ‘African Bank of the Year’
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s global bank, yet again, reaffirms its leadership position across Africa, as the bank has been globally recognised as the African Bank of the year 2021 by…
- 30 Jul 2013
GT Bank is African Bank of the Year
Guaranty Trust Bank plc, foremost Nigerian financial institution, was conferred with the 2013 African Bank of the Year Award by the African Banker Magazine at a well attended ceremony in Marrakech,…
- 18 May 2021
Access Bank Buys Mozambique’s African Banking Corporation in Latest Frenzy
Access Bank Plc has acquired Mozambique’s African Banking Corporation, as part of its aggressive expansion drive in African continent. There is no mention of the value of the transaction yet. Its…
- 12 Oct 2009
Ecobank Bags African Bank of the Year Awards
Ecobank has been named the African bank of the Year at the African Banker of the Year Awards organised by African Banker Magazine to recognize the continent’s successes in banking. Bankers from…
- 26 Aug 2020
Ecobank Group Bags African Banker's Innovation in Financial Services Award
Ecobank, leading pan-African banking group, has won the Award for Innovation in Financial Services at the 2020 edition of the prestigious African Banker magazine Awards. The Awards, which…
- 20 Feb 2020
Ecobank Group Opens 2020 Edition of Fintech Challenge
Ecobank Group, the pan-African banking group, is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to enter the 3rd edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The Fintech Challenge gives African start-ups the…
- 24 Feb 2025
AfDB, Standard Bank Unite to Support SMMEs and Boost Trade
The African Development Bank Group and Standard Bank Group (SBG) on Monday signed a landmark financial agreement to enhance funding for small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and expand trade…
- 24 Sept 2025
Paga Expands to US with Digital Banking to African Diaspora
Paga Group, a financial technology company, has expanded its operation in the United States, introducing digital banking services tailored for Africa’s diaspora. Developed in partnership with a…
- 2 Nov 2019
African Development Bank Celebrates Historic Capital Increase
The African Development Bank on Thursday celebrated a historic $115 billion increase from its shareholders, the largest in the bank's 55-year history. Applause rang through the stately auditorium of…
- 25 Mar 2014
IFC Tasks African Banks on Risk Management
Saadia Khairi, vice president and chief risk officer, IFC has said that African banks aspiring to rapid expansion can become more stable and profitable by increasing their focus on risk management…
- 20 Jan 2018
Nigeria Offers to Host African Development Bank’s Regional Hub
Counting on its position as the largest shareholder of the Bank since inception, the Government of Nigeria has made a formal request to the African Development Bank to host its regional office in…
- 12 May 2026
Ecobank Group Announces $3b Trade Finance Commitment to Boost Intra African Trade
Ecobank Group, a pan-African banking group yesterday announced a landmark $3 billion trade finance commitment over the next 3 years to accelerate intra-African global trade. The announcement was made…
- 20 Jun 2018
UBA, Others Lead as African Banks Make Waves
Ade Ayeyemi’s office in Lomé, the capital of Togo, is a good place to think about crossing borders. Ghana is ten minutes’ drive away. From his window the boss of Ecobank can watch trucks…
- 10 May 2013
Nigeria Owes The World Bank, AfDB $5.3Bn
Nigeria is owing the World Bank Group and African Development Bank (AfDB) has reached $5.34billion, accounting for 80.19 per cent of the country’s total $6.67 billion external debt. The country’s…
- 19 Jun 2019
Ecobank Emerged ‘Best Retail Bank in Africa’ @ African Banker Awards
Ecobank has been named Best Retail Bank in Africa 2019 at the prestigious African Banker Awards. The judges were especially impressed by how Ecobank’s state-of-the-art products, services,…
- 13 May 2019
Inlaks, Temenos Drive Digital Transformation in Vista Bank Group
Foremost ICT infrastructure and systems integrator in Sub-Saharan Africa, Inlaks, in partnership with Temenos, a leading banking software company, has set to implement the digital transformation…
- 29 Feb 2016
Urama Joins African Development Bank
Professor Kevin Urama, who was appointed in 2013 to head the Research Lab of Swiss based investor advisor Quantum Global, has left his post to join the African Development Bank as a Senior Policy…
- 14 Jul 2023
Standard Chartered Affirms its Commitment to Nigeria while Entering into Sales Agreements with Access Bank Plc in Five African Countries
Standard Chartered Bank and Access Bank Plc (Access) have entered into agreements for the sale of Standard Chartered’s shareholding in its subsidiaries in Angola, Cameroon, The Gambia, and Sierra…
- 25 May 2017
Ecobank Group, Mastercard Recognised at African Banker Awards
The strategic partnership between the Ecobank Group and Mastercard was recognised at the 2017 African Banker Award for delivering ‘Innovation in Banking’. The landmark deal between both organisations…
- 18 Feb 2024
Tinubu Assures AU Leaders of Nigeria's readiness to Host African Central Bank
President Bola Tinubu has spoken about Nigeria's readiness to host the African Central Bank in line with the vision of the Abuja Treaty. Addressing African leaders on Saturday, February 17, at the…
- 17 Aug 2021
AfDB Debars Sargittarius Nigeria, Affiliates for 18 Months for Fraudulent Practices
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has announced the 18-month debarment of Sargittarius Nigeria Limited and its affiliates, including Sargittarius Henan Water Conservancy Engineering Limited,…
- 4 Jan 2017
Wari to Deepen African Banking Services, Launches in Nigeria
Wari, an innovative platform offering easy-to-use mobile, web and card solutions for organizations (institutional, commercial and financial) and customers in Africa and around the world across our…
- 15 Jun 2010
UBA, Dangote among Top 40 African Challengers - BCG
United Bank for Africa, the Pan-African banking group, has been listed by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the global management consulting firm and leading advisor on business strategy, as one of…
- 28 Oct 2021
Standard Bank Group Selects Flutterwave to Drive Digital Transformation Efforts Across Africa
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has partnered with Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, to enhance digital payments experiences for its customers in Nigeria,…
- 30 May 2024
Mastercard, AfDB Partner to Accelerate Digital Transformation in Africa
Mastercard and the African Development Bank Group have launched the Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance: Africa to extend digital access to critical services to 100 million…
- 8 Apr 2020
AfDB Group Unveils $10Bn Response Facility to Curb COVID-19
The African Development Bank Group on Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in fighting the pandemic. The Facility is the latest…
- 5 Dec 2024
AfDB, Italian Insurance Group Sign $6bn Deal to Foster Investment in Africa
In a bid to provide credit protection to foster investment in Africa under the “Mattei Plan”, SACE, an Italian insurance-financial group and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) have signed a…