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Cover Story BOAD – 50 years as a development icon
Readers’ Views 5 Your comments and letters
News in Brief 6 Banking sector news from around the continent
African Bankers World 12 Who’s going where in the African banking industry
Editorial 17 Saluting captains of Africa’s financial world
Cover Story 18 In Conversation: Serge Ekué, President, BOAD – 50 years at the heart of Africa’s development
Essay 24 Time to cast off Africa’s financial shackles
Event 28 Djibouti – Forum rolls out investment red carpet 30 Investors gather in the Horn of Africa
In Conversation 32 Claver Gatete, ECA – A regional approach can deliver fast development
Research 36 The benefits of digital transformation
Country Focus: Nigeria 40 Tinubu defiant as reforms bite
Tr i b u t e 44 Herbert Wigwe – In memory of an African banking icon
In Conversation 46 Oliver Alawuba, United Bank for Africa – Perfectly positioned to support African growth
In Conversation 50 Baba Yusuf Musa, WAIFEM – Public services are key to fixing economic woes
Topic 54 Banks face fossil fuel financing dilemma
African Capital Markets 58 East Africa gets new bond exchange 59 $1.2bn power listing lights up NGX 60 Foreign investors dump Kenyan shares 60 New CEOs for Nairobi and Lusaka exchanges 60 Nairobi SE setting up recovery board for troubled shares 61 Fashion to the fore on Egyptian exchange
Islamic Finance 62 The steady rise of African sukuk
West Africa Focus 66 Ecowas threatened as states withdraw
Country Focus: South Africa 70 Economic green shoots bolster ANC’s poll hopes
The Last Word 74 Which is best – state or private ownership?
