Updates

UBA Wins Big at Finacle Client Innovation Awards

October 24, 2016/UBA Plc United Bank for Africa has continued to receive accolades and global recognition for its  commitment to the use of cutting-edge technology to provide simple and convenient banking solutions and services to its customers. The pan African banking Group was adjudged winner in two categories at the recently concluded […]

Zenith Bank 9-Month Pre-tax Profit Outperform Consensus Estimate

By InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)- Nigeria’s top tier lender, Zenith Bank Plc said on Monday its pretax profit for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2016 rose 16.6 percent to N121.3 billion from N104.1 billion reported a year ago. Post-tax profit for the period also grew 20.4 percent to N100.1 billion […]

Four Risks That Would Undermine Recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa

October 24, 2016/BMI Research BMI View: In this article we examine four risk scenarios for SSA: the impact of Brexit contagion across the eurozone; an economic crisis in China; sooner-than-expected monetary tightening in developed markets; and a more powerful La Niña weather cycle than usual. While our core view is […]