Commercial banks in Namibia may have to sell 25 percent of their equity to local investors by 2025 and should consider trading their shares on the stock exchange, Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said. “We are looking at a threshold of 25 percent by 2025 and we are now making it […]

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Nigeria will partner world’s leading global payments solutions company MasterCard Inc to deploy a new national identity card with payment option to help the country’s drive to financial inclusion. President Goodluck Jonathan said this on Thursday at a ceremony in Abuja Nigeria according to a […]

* Targets corporate banking clients to grow loans * Expects slower loan growth of 15 pct for 2015 * Shares up 2.1 percent so far this year (Adds CEO quote, 2015 loan growth target, share price) Nigeria’s Access Bank expects loan growth of 20 percent in 2014, after a 17 […]