African Banker - 1 Aug 2025
IRON DISCIPLINE AND LASER FOCUS
AfBD’s Tah braces for storms ahead Changing the guard as European banks leave Time to ditch unfair credit rating agencies?
OP-EDS
Botswana’s Ndaba Gaolathe
UNDP’s Tom Beloe
Cover Story: Flutterwave’s Agboola opens up
Profile: Flutterwave’s Olugbenga Agboola – How to build a unicorn
Prof. Joshua Abor, University of London – How to harness Africa’s capital
African finance leaders’ club tackles public debt crisis
Trump’s remittance tax a looming danger for Africa
Somalia’s banking sector on brink of pivotal transformation
AfDB’s new leader, Dr Tah, braces for storms ahead
Tom Beloe, UNDP – Catalysing development in Africa
British and French withdrawal could benefit African banks
Time to ditch outdated credit rating agencies
4G Capital: Backing the small businesses that build Africa
Why blockchain technology is now essential
Kola Aina – Local capital can boost African start-ups
New access to capital can spur women entrepreneurs
Ndaba Gaolathe, VP and Finance Minister of Botswana – Back to the drawing board
How PAPSS is transforming cross-border payments in Africa
PAPSS to plug Africa’s $1.3trn illicit financial flows
Banking sector news from around the continent
African Banker Awards 2025 – a review
The case for Preferred Creditor Status
Who’s going where in the African banking industry
Ethiopian Capital Market Authority gets $400,000 AfDB grant
WAEMU agric commodity exchange opens in Abidjan
Somalia’s national stock exchange a ‘new dawn’ for country
Appetite for sukuk grows in Africa
South Africa: Asia offers ray of light amid Trump tariff storm
BCA Business Book of the Year
Shelter Afrique AGM focuses on sustainable housing
AfDB-Shelter Afrique alliance to supercharge housing
Tailoring digital finance services to customer needs
Panel: African MFIs must retain Preferred Creditor Status
Service charges drive bank customers to fintechs
Jeffrey Sachs: Rating agencies failing Africa
Ethiopia invites foreign banks to set up shop
Africa and the road to payment sovereignty
Letters to the Editor
Innovation is the bedrock of development
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange lists on itself
Nigerian banks drive intra-African trade
President Oramah’s glorious send-off
Ethiopia SE celebrates equity trades
Perspectives from the AfDB’s AGM
Nigeria’s GTCO lists on London SE
African banks sign up to PAPSS
Enter President George Elombi
A new era dawns
Letters to the Editor
Nigeria: Rebased GDP raises hope for $1trn economy
Blue Five Capital raises $2bn private equity fund
Madagascar to protect coasts from climate change
AI technology replaces legacy systems at Absa
Mauritius reboots sustainable public finance
AfDB grants $62m to restore Sudan services
Arunma Oteh’s All Hands on Deck wins 2025 BCA prize
Ronald Cafrine appointed Eastern Africa Constituency Director at AfDB
Sedikh Faye becomes World Bank's Burundi Country Manager
Dr Elombi to lead Afreximbank as President
Ayo Adepoju promoted to Group Executive Director at Ecobank Transnational
Why it is vital to defend our financial institutions
We’re not here to tell you what to think. We’re made to make you think.
Laser-sharp focus and iron discipline guide Africa's most successful fintech
Laser-sharp focus and iron discipline guide Africa's most successful fintech
Prof. Oramah showered with honours as he bows out
An historic changing of the guard
Dr George Elombi steps up as Bank’s new President
Preferred Creditor Status essential for African MFIs
Jeffrey Sachs: The rating agencies do not understand development
Technology is the only way forward
Sustainable housing takes centre stage at Shelter Afrique’s AGM
Sustainable housing takes centre stage at Shelter Afrique’s AGM
Shelter Afrique and AfDB – a game-changing alliance
‘INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT MUST MEET HUMAN NEEDS, OTHERWISE IT REMAINS FRAGILE’
AfBD’s new leader, Dr Tah sets out to lock horns with hostile forces
AfBD’s new leader, Dr Tah sets out to lock horns with hostile forces
Soundbites from the AfDB Annual General Meeting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 26-30 May 2025
Solidarity with women not a slogan but an economic strategy
Solidarity with women not a slogan but an economic strategy
Reforming Somalia’s banking sector amid crisis and opportunity
Reforming Somalia’s banking sector amid crisis and opportunity
PAPSS aims to plug Africa’s $1.3trn illicit financial flows
PAPSS aims to plug Africa’s $1.3trn illicit financial flows
Africa and the road to payment sovereignty
African banks sign up to PAPSS
How PAPSS is transforming cross-border payments in Africa
TRANSIT SCHEME AIMS TO RESHAPE AFRICAN TRADE
How PAPSS is transforming cross-border payments in Africa
TRANSIT SCHEME AIMS TO RESHAPE AFRICAN TRADE
DFIs recognised and honoured at African Banker Awards 2025
DFIs recognised and honoured at African Banker Awards 2025
Full list of the 2025 winners
Africa takes charge of shaping its capital
Africa takes charge of shaping its capital
Back to square one on fiscal discipline
Back to square one on fiscal discipline
Time to ditch unfair credit rating agencies?
Time to ditch unfair credit rating agencies?
Retail banking: competing for the modern African customer
Retail banking: competing for the modern African customer
British and French withdrawal could be a boon for African banks
British and French withdrawal could be a boon for African banks
Connecting the dots to unlock development finance
Can Africa hook into growing ‘local capital start-ups’ trend?
Can Africa hook into growing ‘local capital start-ups’ trend?
4G Capital: Building a better world, one small business at a time
4G Capital: Building a better world, one small business at a time
Sukuk popularity growing in Africa
Sukuk popularity growing in Africa
Somalia’s national stock exchange ‘a new dawn’ for the country
Can Ramaphosa play matador to Trump’s charging bull?
Can Ramaphosa play matador to Trump’s charging bull?
Nigerian banks lead African trade surge
Nigerian banks lead African trade surge
Bank customers switch to fintechs to avoid excessive service charges
African finance executives’ club tackles rising public debt crisis
Blockchain’s multifaceted role in economic development
Blockchain’s multifaceted role in economic development
The looming threat to Africa’s remittance lifeline
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