The ‘AI Bank’ and the disrupter eyeing full Africa coverage by 2030 – Everything you need to know about the AFIS 2025 Awards winners

Revenue growth, pan-African expansion and advancing Africa’s sports and creative industries helped the 2025 AFIS Awards winners stand out to a cross-sector jury of their peers. Jury members included senior

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Impact & sustainability

26 Nov 2025

The ‘AI Bank’ and the disrupter eyeing full Africa coverage by 2030 – Everything you need to know about the AFIS 2025 Awards winners

Revenue growth, pan-African expansion and advancing Africa’s sports and creative industries helped the 2025 AFIS Awards winners stand out to

Expanding insurance

24 Nov 2025

‘Understand and live’ with AI & Insurtech before pretending to regulate, CIMA chief urges Africa’s insurance authorities

Before setting rules, insurance regulators must live with AI tools long enough to understand their real-world behaviour, says the head

Global economic & stability challenges

20 Nov 2025

Where is Africa’s financial industry headed? – Six early AFIS-Deloitte Barometer insights

Initial findings from the upcoming African Financial Industry Barometer reveal where hundreds of Africa’s banking, fintech, and capital markets executives

Global economic & stability challenges

18 Nov 2025

‘A new chapter for a sovereign Africa’: Minister Nadia Fettah says the continent must transform its capital to power

External dependency is not a viable development strategy. Africa financial future lies in mobilising African savings, according to the high-level

Press release

6 Nov 2025

Press release : In Casablanca, AFIS 2025 concludes by charting the path toward an integrated African finance built on domestic capital

Casablanca, 5 November 2025 – The fifth edition of the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) concluded yesterday evening in Casablanca, following

Press release

5 Nov 2025

Press release : AFIS 2025 – A summit to unlock Africa’s financial power and build a better future

Casablanca, 3 November 2025 – The fifth edition of the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) opens today in Casablanca under the

Global economic & stability challenges

19 Aug 2025

“Africa can no longer rely solely on external sources of finance”: Olivier Noel reveals AFIS 2025 main theme

Six urgent priorities will shape Africa’s financial sovereignty – and they’re set to take centre stage at AFIS 2025 in

Capital markets & asset management

28 Jul 2025

Capturing Africa’s elusive diaspora dollar: Is it time for a Pan-African investment pitch?

As Kenya hopes to raise up to $500m from diaspora bonds by 2026, should past performance of national diaspora bonds

Commercial banking outlook

1 Jul 2025

Continental expansion: What to expect from Africa’s big banks in 2025 & beyond

Zenith, Access Bank, MCB and AFG lay out their market entry plans for this year, while weighing the threat –

Global economic & stability challenges

24 Apr 2025

AFIS Action Framework: Our priorities for Africa’s financial progress

From establishing equitable debt frameworks to positioning African banking giants on the global stage, the AFIS platform sets out the