Latest News Bank & Insurance

Bank

01/06/2023 at 18h15, by Africa Business+

Ecobank launches virtual trade space

According to Africa Business+, the Lomé-based banking group is inaugurating a platform to facilitate...

Bank

01/06/2023 at 17h43, by Africa Business+

NMB returns to IFC for $100m advance

The Tanzanian bank, partly owned by investment company Arise BV, needs funds to revive itself in the...

Commercial banking

30/05/2023 at 14h42, by Africa Business+

Access Bank UK Paris Branch to become full subsidiary

Further information with Africa Business+.

Agribusiness

25/05/2023 at 17h58, by Africa Business+

Insurtech OKO in talks with Cargill, Mars, Mondelez and Barry Callebaut in Côte d’Ivoire 

OKO accelerates its development in the country, targeting 30,000 policyholders by the end of 2025.

Bank

25/05/2023 at 16h55, by Africa Business+

Ethiopia’s Dashen Bank seeks international funding from FMO 

Dashen Bank is on the verge of receiving dollar funding, a package that will benefit local farmers,...

Insurance

23/05/2023 at 19h47, by Africa Business+

Continental Reinsurance: Sanlam to sell all its shares to ACA

Nigerian investor African Capital Alliance (ACA) is set to become the sole owner of pan-African reinsurer...

Bank

23/05/2023 at 19h30, by Christelle Marot

AfDB’s AG3F fund aims to mobilise $100m by 2025

The African Green Finance Facility fund, managed by Audrey-Cynthia Yamadjako, has just awarded its first...

Bank

19/05/2023 at 15h15, by Christelle Marot

IFC ready to lend $47.5m for Baobab microfinance expansion

The French microfinance group Baobab, led since 2019 by Philip Sigwart, will receive a senior loan facility...

Insurance

16/05/2023 at 14h47, by Africa Business+

Axian’s Sanko seeks “external growth opportunities in insurance”

An unsuccessful candidate in the 2020 takeover of Ascoma Assureurs Conseil, which ended up in the hands...

Development Bank

11/05/2023 at 17h30, by Africa Business+

IFC names new heads of subsidiaries on continent

The private sector financing company has made several changes in the management of its African branches.

Bank & Insurance

10/05/2023 at 21h22, by Africa Business+

Bank of Africa receives €50m from EBRD

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is expected to approve on 14 June a credit...

Bank & Insurance

02/05/2023 at 17h26, by Aurelie Benoit

Côte d’Ivoire: Patricia Poku-Diaby teams up with Bintou Bayo for a foray into mesofinance 

After making a name for herself in the cocoa sector, the Ivorian businesswoman has partnered with former...

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