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Africa’s biggest banks are heading to East Africa, converging on Kenya as it offers the best gateway to almost 500 million people in the EAC, roughly the size of the EU, with a $580 billion economy expanding at one of the fastest rates globally. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Africa’s biggest lenders are converging on Kenya, betting the country offers the best gateway into East Africa’s fast-growing but underbanked economies bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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#StandardBank @SBGroup profit at record as fees trump waning loan income. #MoneywebNews moneyweb.co.za/news/companies… via @Moneyweb @adengat

Nedbank plans to sell Ecobank stake as it resets Africa strategy. By @adengat @BloombergAfrica #MoneywebNews moneyweb.co.za/news/companies… via @Moneyweb

FNB eyes Guernsey expansion to serve SA expats and high-net-worth clients with full banking services — a strategic hedge against volatility. #Moneyweb #PrivateBanking ow.ly/Wn7450WwzUy

Rare instance of expansion (rather than retrenchment – merger of branches, conversions of subsidiaries into branches, de-authorisation requests of existing licences, ...) of a traditional financial services player in the international banking space.

The new CEO of South Africa’s biggest bank by customers has a unique problem on his hands. brnw.ch/21wUqtf

#Absa’s new chief #KennyFihla plots turnaround after six years of CEO tumult. By @adengat #MoneywebNews moneyweb.co.za/news/companies… via @Moneyweb

Investec will pay a record dividend for the third year in a row after the bank’s operating profit surpassed the £1 billion mark for the first time bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Europe woos Africa as Trump’s tariff war roils global trade bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @adengat

Standard Chartered Plc is considering expanding its presence in Africa to grow its wealth and transactions businesses, after spending the past three years exiting some of its smaller operations on the continent. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A unit of South Africa’s third-largest bank by assets plans to open a representative office in Dubai next year to benefit from growing trade and investment between the Middle East and Africa trib.al/dWv1RGn

The latest entrant in SA’s crowded banking sector aims to break even in 2028. #Moneyweb #FinanceNews ow.ly/G4GJ50VjNXO

Old Mutual reported its highest profit since 2019, buoyed by rising demand for its short-term insurance and wealth management products at home in South Africa trib.al/0t4Y3yc

The latest entrant in South Africa’s crowded banking sector, OM Bank, aims to break even in 2028 trib.al/dUQ3nDH

Old Mutual posts highest profit since 2019. #MoneywebNews moneyweb.co.za/news/companies… via @Moneyweb @adengat @BloombergAfrica

South Africa’s ruling coalition is unlikely to splinter despite differences between the partners over its first budget, Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala says trib.al/o9Je0Uf

Standard Bank profit growth slows as rand becomes revenue drag #MoneywebNews moneyweb.co.za/news/companies… via @Moneyweb @adengat

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There's much Kenya's Finance Ministry can learn from in providing public finance data, on time, with clarity from South Africa's Finance Ministry.