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Zenith Bank has discussed its Kenyan market plans with government officials following its acquisition of Paramount Bank, which gave the Nigerian lender an established foothold in East Africa.
Salimo Abdula told a Maputo audience on Sept. 24 that Islamic finance would widen the funding options available to Mozambican companies.
The Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a 2024 order forcing the Financial Intelligence Centre to hand over confidential bank records.
Idrissa Nassa's Coris Bank has committed to mobilise $712 million for four university hospitals and 27 schools under a memorandum signed in Ouagadougou.
Gideon Muriuki and Co-operative Bank face conspiracy to defraud counts alongside the failure-to-report charges halted by the High Court.
Afriland First Bank RDC has negative equity of $116.9 million four years after Paul Fokam Kammogne's group was pushed out by regulators.
First HoldCo will pay out at least 60% of profit as dividends, a policy worth roughly ₦83 billion to chairman Femi Otedola on half-year earnings.
Femi Otedola's stake in First HoldCo climbed to about $641 million after the Nigerian bank's shares surged 9.97% to a record N95.95 on Friday.
NSIA Banque Côte d'Ivoire, controlled by Jean Kacou Diagou, lifted 2025 profit 7% to about $72 million as its balance sheet topped $5 billion.