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This is a list of banks in Africa, arranged by country in alphabetical order. Since comprehensive lists are available on a country-by-country basis, only the most important domestic banks are indicated for each country.
Ethiopia's parliament passed a bill on Wednesday to open up the country's financial sector to an estimated five million of its citizens who have taken other nationalities, including allowing them ...
Zenith Bank: 27.446 16 Commercial International Bank: 25.675 17 United Bank for Africa: 24.256 18 First Bank of Nigeria: 23.631 19 Commercial Bank of Ethiopia: 22.711 20 QNB Al Ahli: 19.515 21 Banque du Caire: 16.365 22 Arab African International Bank: 15.345 23 Mauritius Commercial Bank: 14.479 24 Guaranty Trust Bank: 14.401 25
[2] [3] In 1963, a new banking law allows split into the National and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. The law included other commercial banks to operate, including foreign banks operated 51% owned by Ethiopians. The biggest of these was the Addis Ababa Bank, owned by 40% owned by British owned Grindlays Bank, and had 26 branches by 1975.
According to the IMF, Ethiopia was one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, registering over 10% economic growth from 2004 through 2009. [1] It was the fastest-growing non-oil-dependent African economy in the years 2007 and 2008. [ 2 ]
On 15 March 2024, the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) encounter systemic glitch that occurred between 12 a.m. and 3 a.m in local time. CBE released five notes within less than 24 hours, describing the bank failure as a systemic problem in its branch level. [4] CBE President Abe Sano said that much of the money was withdrawn by students. [5]
With more than 1,500 branches in 35 countries, the Ecobank-Nedbank Alliance is the largest banking network in Africa. The alliance was formed in 2008 between the Ecobank Group and the Nedbank Group, one of South Africa's four largest financial services providers, with a growing footprint of operations across the Southern African Development ...