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The BoG’s latest decision aligns strongly with market expectations and reflects the bank’s confidence that price growth will remain contained in the near term.
Despite recording six transactions, the island nation attracted the highest deal value on the continent (excluding South Africa), with private equity inflows surging by 311.3% to $1.25bn in the first nine months of this year—the highest in three years—from $38.9m.
Ten months ago, Ethiopia’s first stock exchange opened to applause. Today, the applause has softened into calculation. Only three listings stand where nine were promised for 2025, raising a bigger question than timing: why isn’t the pipeline filling?
Investec says uneven Basel III rules raise capital costs for African banks. Strong ratios show its concern is not its balance sheet but how global reforms could limit credit and growth.
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As Nigeria approaches 2026, a pre-election year, the banking sector is bracing for a complex mix of pressures and prospects that could reshape performance after two years of reform-driven windfalls.
Nigeria’s push for a $1tn economy hinges on expanding fair, transparent digital financing—mobilising its youthful population into productive, credit-enabled growth.
The development comes a few weeks after the mid-sized bank slipped out of the ₦1trn market-capitalisation club.
DealMakers Africa noted that Africa’s most industrialised economy recorded 273 deals worth R1.62trn ($89.5bn) between January and September — a 239.6% surge from the same period in 2024.
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