Egypt and Morocco are the powerhouses of Africa's most dominant banking region, with Algerian firms also well represented in North Africa.

As the African Credit Rating Agency launches this week, Toni Kan and Omome Abu explain why ratings matter more than ever for African DFIs.

Why does sovereign debt advice leave the continent when African governments are making decisions about their own financing and development?

Development banks play a key role in infrastructure, trade, industrialisation and climate adaptation. We rank the continent's biggest.

The renovation of Abidjan’s Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium for the 2023 AFCON has created more than a world-class sporting ...

Africa is spearheading two derisking initiatives: one proving creditworthiness to the global financial system and one ...

With elections looming early next year, African Business heads to Lagos to ask Nigerians to rate the first term of President ...

Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African banking group, today announced a combined USD 2.6 billion targeted lending commitment by 2030 to fuel two of Africa’s most strategic economic growth engines: ...

As geopolitical tensions reshape international relations, countries across the world are facing a common challenge: how to maintain cooperation in an increasingly fragmented global environment. Trade ...

Dangote Group CEO Aliko Dangote and Kenyan President William Ruto have broken ground on a planned $16bn oil refinery in Kenya which could transform East Africa’s energy sector. The planned facility in ...

African Business: Egypt has navigated a period of considerable global economic turbulence, from inflationary pressures to tighter international financial conditions. From the Central Bank’s ...