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Each year The Africa Report collates a list of the continent's Top 200 banks. These rankings, which were published in July 2011, were based on banks' 2010 financial year. Read analysis of how banks are becoming Fitter, faster and more profitable. 

METHODOLOGY

To create the ranking of Africa's Top 200 banks, we send out questionnaires to 769 financial institutions on the continent. Their replies are used to create a systematic ranking of Africa's Top 269 banks, based on total asset size. We publish only the Top 200 banks in our list. All the data is communicated to us by the banks themselves or by their parent companies. The numbers relate to the 2010 financial year (some from the year ending 2009). They were converted to US dollar amounts from local currency, using the exchange rates applicable on 12 December 2010, to allow for comparison. Placings in the Rank 2010 column refer to a bank's position in the ranking published by our sister magazine Jeune Afrique in 2010.

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Rank 2011	Rank 2010	Company name	Country	TOTAL ASSETS	NET EARNINGS	CREDITS	DEPOSITS
1	1	STANDARD BANK GROUP	SOUTH AFRICA	201 047 539	4 324 234	106 928 125	118 780 275
2	2	STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA	SOUTH AFRICA	126 441 640	3 040 895	80 704 539	92 077 055
3	3	ABSA GROUP	SOUTH AFRICA	107 792 912	3 511 503	75 019 636	56 886 800
4	5	FIRSTRAND BANKING GROUP	SOUTH AFRICA	98 267 170	2 497 169	65 412 350	77 328 893
5	4	NEDBANK GROUP	SOUTH AFRICA	91 581 623	2 498 674	71 504 823	73 786 698
6	6	NATIONAL BANK OF EGYPT (NBE)	EGYPT	51 156 601	949 374	13 978 151	41 921 965
7	7	ATTIJARIWAFA BANK	MOROCCO	36 154 662	1 729 189	23 605 539	23 750 711
8	8	BANQUE EXTERIEURE D'ALGERIE	ALGERIA	32 019 000	521 000	13 052 000	27 571 000
9		BANQUE MISR	EGYPT	30 651 052	234 167	7 099 186	27 333 998
10	9	GUMHOURIA BANK*	LIBYA	26 113 980	518 694	10 221 956	2 534 480
11	10	CREDIT POPULAIRE DU MAROC	MOROCCO	25 375 145	1 184 777	17 228 138	20 016 473
12	12	BANQUE MAROC. DU COMMERCE EXT. (BMCE)	MOROCCO	22 069 465	890 381	12 658 687	15 565 040
13	11	BANQUE NATIONALE D'ALGERIE	ALGERIA	18 624 966	642 683	9 733 125	9 917 680
14	13	FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA	NIGERIA	15 030 282	791 932	7 456 363	9 457 697
15	15	COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL BANK	EGYPT	12 920 377	673 506	6 025 399	10 854 284
16	17	ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK	NIGERIA	12 355 576	596 880	4 650 618	8 593 829
17		ZENITH BANK NIGERIA	NIGERIA	11 667 266	-	4 354 447	84 078 790
18	16	CAISSE NAT. D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE*	ALGERIA	11 011 529	95 913	3 969 031	9 922 676
19		BANQUE DE L'AGRIC. ET DU DEV. RURAL	ALGERIA	10 693 740	202 809	5 690 113	9 132 308
20	19	UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA GROUP	NIGERIA	10 547 378	461 460	4 099 848	8 261 955
21	18	CREDIT POPULAIRE D'ALGERIE*	ALGERIA	10 469 305	294 941	3 394 823	6 651 160
22	20	NATIONAL SOCIETE GENERALE BANK	EGYPT	10 429 577	492 939	5 567 169	8 579 325
23		UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA NIGERIA	NIGERIA	9 340 761	410 545	3 711 914	7 296 291
24	21	ECOBANK TRANSNATIONAL INC.*	TOGO	9 006 523	873 318	4 766 197	6 472 459
25	24	SOCIETE GENERALE MAROCAINE DE BANQUES	MOROCCO	8 790 813	429 402	6 980 433	7 030 795
26	22	ARAB AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL BANK	EGYPT	8 486 581	173 147	4 166 839	6 195 808
27	23	BANCO AFRICANO DE INVESTIMENTOS	ANGOLA	8 329 664	537 924	2 382 566	6 016 732
28	26	BANQUE MAROC. POUR LE COMM. ET L'IND.	MOROCCO	7 817 022	335 843	6 204 970	5 027 647
29	28	GUARANTY TRUST BANK	NIGERIA	7 615 705	546 724	3 937 471	4 910 135
30	25	IMPERIAL BANK*	SOUTH AFRICA	7 504 034	274 098	6 801 773	6 752 730
31	27	BANK OF CAIRO*	EGYPT	7 180 277	197 464	1 572 106	6 399 296
32	33	BANCO DE FOMENTO DE ANGOLA	ANGOLA	6 435 885	427 050	1 571 485	5 553 939
33	34	OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL NIGERIA	NIGERIA	6 380 457	-	1 827 366	4 291 265
34	29	BANQUE ALGERIENNE DE DEVELOPPEMENT*	ALGERIA	6 317 096	25 939	3 582 486	-
35	30	WAHDA BANK*	LIBYA	6 170 243	133 833	1 286 087	5 626 828
36	31	DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA*	SOUTH AFRICA	6 086 303	219 913	-	-
37	40	AFRICAN BANK	SOUTH AFRICA	5 897 941	1 807 657	3 815 412	-
38	35	BANK OF ALEXANDRIA*	EGYPT	5 821 682	200 277	2 924 143	4 545 433
39	37	PRINCIPAL BANK FOR DEV. AND AGR. CREDIT	EGYPT	5 686 415	118 582	2 382 811	4 875 966
40	38	FAISAL ISLAMIC BANK OF EGYPT	EGYPT	5 422 348	148 140	3 567 202	4 934 838
41	36	CREDIT DU MAROC	MOROCCO	5 272 724	235 800	3 921 236	3 982 426
42	43	ACCESS BANK GROUP	NIGERIA	5 247 451	453 279	2 970 202	3 322 668
43	39	HSBC MAURITIUS	MAURITIUS	4 885 076	88 845	3 058 537	4 380 623
44		ACCESS BANK NIGERIA	NIGERIA	4 739 783	388 112	2 794 510	3 020 246
45	48	THE MAURITIUS COMMERCIAL BANK	MAURITIUS	4 665 543	221 144	3 221 196	3 858 671
46	41	COMMERCIAL BANK OF ETHIOPIA*	ETHIOPIA	4 609 276	299 319	1 419 065	3 371 901
47	49	SKYE BANK	NIGERIA	4 602 201	396 090	2 514 008	3 097 776
48	42	BANQUE INTERNATIONALE ARABE DE TUNISIE	TUNISIA	4 477 338	208 679	2 727 334	3 845 856
49	44	SOCIETE TUNISIENNE DE BANQUE*	TUNISIA	4 429 164	182 307	3 577 896	3 205 194
50	50	CREDIT AGRICOLE EGYPT	EGYPT	4 342 854	131 919	1 847 919	3 611 091
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