Cote d'Ivoire: NSIA Banque to Distribute $34m to Shareholders After Profit Growth

NSIA Banque Côte d'Ivoire (BRVM: NSBC) plans to distribute CFA19 billion ($33.5 million) in dividends for 2025 after reporting higher profit and continued balance-sheet… Read more »

East Africa: Kenya's Family Bank Gets Approval for Nairobi Listing

Family Bank received approval from Kenya's Capital Markets Authority to list on the Nairobi Securities Exchange on June 23, ending a 5-year push to go public. Read more »

Egypt: Blnk Raises $37m to Expand Consumer Credit Access in Egypt

Egyptian fintech Blnk raised $37.1 million in equity and debt funding to expand its point-of-sale consumer financing business. The round includes $12.5 million in Series A equity… Read more »

Congo-Brazzaville: BGFI Holding Posts 9 Percent Profit Growth After BVMAC Listing

BGFI Holding Corporation reported higher earnings for 2025 after joining the Central African stock exchange, confirming its position as the largest listed company on the BVMAC by… Read more »

West Africa: Ivorian Lender Bridge Bank Plans $120m IPO On the Brvm

Bridge Bank Côte d'Ivoire plans to raise CFA67.5 billion, or about $120 million, through a public offering on the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières, as… Read more »

Benin: Bank of Africa Benin Grows Income As Deposits, Commissions Rise

Bank of Africa Benin (BRVM: BOAB) opened 2026 on solid ground, growing its net banking income 11% in the year to March compared to the same period a year earlier, driven by a… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: BICICI Posts 30 Percent Profit Jump As Deposits Surge in First Quarter

BICICI, the Abidjan-based commercial bank and local unit of BNP Paribas, delivered one of the strongest profit performances among BRVM-listed banks in the first quarter of 2026,… Read more »

Togo: Togo-Based Ecobank Group Posts Record Q1 Revenue

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (BRVM: ETIT), the pan-African banking group listed in Lomé, delivered its strongest first-quarter revenue on record, with net banking… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Ecobank Ci Grows Q1 Revenue but Rising Risk Costs Weigh On Profit

Ecobank Côte d'Ivoire (BRVM: ECOC) started 2026 with net banking income growing 3.7% to 30.8 billion FCFA ($55.1 million), a solid top-line performance in a market where the… Read more »

Niger: BOA Niger Confirms Recovery Path With Q1 Profit Up 29 Percent

Bank of Africa Niger's first-quarter 2026 activity report confirms the recovery narrative that management outlined after a difficult 2025, with net profit rising 29% year-on-year… Read more »

Burkina Faso: BOA Burkina Faso Revenue Falls As Country Risk Weighs On Lending

Bank of Africa Burkina Faso, the Ouagadougou-based lender and BMCE Group subsidiary, opened 2026 with net profit of 4.52 billion FCFA ($8.1 million) in the first quarter, down 13%… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Société Générale Côte d'Ivoire Profit Falls As Investment Costs Rise

Société Générale Côte d'Ivoire, the Abidjan-based subsidiary of the French banking group, reported net profit of 24 billion FCFA ($42.9 million)… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Coris Bank Profit Up 22 Percent in Standout First-Quarter Results

Coris Bank International, the Ouagadougou-based lender listed on the BRVM, delivered a first-quarter result that stands out across the regional banking sector, with net profit… Read more »

Niger: BOA Niger Rebuilds After Year of Exceptional Provisions Gutted Profit

Bank of Africa Niger (BRVM: BOAN) ended 2025 with net profit of just 409 million FCFA ($731,000) -- a 92% collapse from 5 billion FCFA ($8.9 million) the year before -- not because… Read more »

Benin: BOA Benin Profit Jumps As Strong Revenues Mask Rising Bad Loans

Bank of Africa Benin posted a modest rise in net profit for the year ended December 31, 2025, but the headline masks a story of growing credit stress underneath -- bad loan… Read more »

Nigeria: Flutterwave Gets Nigerian Banking License to Expand Payments Control

Flutterwave has obtained a banking license in Nigeria, allowing the company to hold deposits and process financial flows directly within the country's regulated system. Read more »

Burkina Faso: Bank of Africa Burkina Faso Confirms to Pay Dividends On April 23

Bank of Africa Burkina Faso (BRVM: BOABF), a unit of Morocco's BMCE Group, will pay a net dividend of 397 XOF ($0.70) per share on April 23, 2026, for the 2025 financial year, the… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Boa Côte d'Ivoire Plans to Distribute $47.5m in Dividends for 2025

Bank of Africa Côte d'Ivoire (BRVM: BOAC), a unit of Morocco's BMCE Group, posted a net profit of 35.54 billion XOF ($62.4 million) for the year ended December 31, 2025,… Read more »

Mali: Bank of Africa Mali Profit Rises 21 Percent On Reduced Bad Loans

Bank of Africa Mali (BRVM: BOAM) Sposted a 21% rise in net profit for the year ended December 31, 2025, a result that cuts against the grain for a bank operating in one of the… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Burkina Unit of BOA Profit Falls On Rising Risk Costs

Bank of Africa Burkina Faso (BRVM: BOABF) posted a 14% drop in annual net profit for the year ended December 31, 2025, as the bank nearly doubled the money it set aside to cover… Read more »

Africa: Nsia Group Creates Financial Holding to Centralize Banking Operations

NSIA Group is restructuring its financial services business with the creation of NSIA Holding Financière, a new entity designed to centralize its banking and financial… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Central Bank Mandates AI Tools for AML Monitoring

The Central Bank of Nigeria has formally incorporated artificial intelligence into its anti-money-laundering framework, requiring banks, fintech firms and payment companies to… Read more »

Africa: Bank of Africa Niger Says Profit Dropped 92 Percent As Credit Risk Rises

Bank of Africa Niger reported a 92% drop in net profit for 2025, according to a statement from its board dated 20 February 2026. Read more »

Kenya: Nedbank Secures Waiver to Pursue 66 Percent Stake in Kenya's NCBA

Nedbank Group has received a regulatory waiver in Kenya that allows it to proceed with its plan to acquire about 66% of NCBA Group without launching a full takeover. Read more »

Nigeria: Chowdeck Partners Mycovergenius On Accident Insurance for Riders

Chowdeck has launched a personal accident insurance scheme covering more than 20,000 riders on its platform through a partnership with Nigerian insurer MyCoverGenius. Read more »