Capitec, Barclays Africa and Atlas Mara: Thoughts from a bank ratings expert Published by Kate Douglas on 29 July 2016 Banking advisory group Lafferty ranks South African banks as world-class and notes strong opportunities across the continent – despite the current struggles banks face.
10 interesting quotes from the World Economic Forum on Africa Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 17 May 2016 Comments from top CEOs, including Bob Diamond, Adewale Tinubu and Tony Elumelu.
Bob Diamond shares thoughts on Barclays’ possible Africa exit Published by Kate Douglas on 24 February 2016 ‘Barclays is in a difficult position. This has absolutely nothing to do with their vision of the future of Africa.’
Bob Diamond snatching up African banks despite the sector’s dismal outlook Published by Kate Douglas on 22 January 2016 While the new Barclays CEO is looking at selling off the bank’s African operations, the former CEO is more optimistic about the sector.
Bob Diamond’s African banking group: ‘Our investors are going to do very well’ Published by Jaco Maritz on 9 May 2014 Atlas Mara sees an opportunity in lending to entrepreneurs and consumers.
Inside Bob Diamond and Ashish Thakkar’s new banking group Published by Dinfin Mulupi on 30 April 2014 How two business moguls teamed up to create a pan-African financial services group.