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We are living in an unprecedented period. Like the rest of the planet, the African continent has been on an economic roller coaster since the beginning of 2020. At a time when we seem to be approaching the end of the crisis period, the African Development Bank forecasts a growth rate of 3.4% in 2021 and 4.6% in 2022 in sub-Saharan Africa, after growth of just 2.1% last year.
Top 200 African banks
In 2020, all the countries on the continent saw their growth slump or even collapse. These poor figures are reflected in the net banking income (NBI) of the 200 banks in our ranking. This key indicator – which measures the difference between revenue and expenditure – plunged, cumulatively, by 14.7% in 2020 to $71.4bn. A historic drop that
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