African Business Guide
Internet Sources: BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
This section provides access to the Web resources of
African government banking and financial institutions. It
includes links to the official web sites of central banks,
ministries of finance, capital markets, and sub-regional
financial institutions that provide financial and technical
assistance to promote private investment.
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African Development Bank
Group (AfDB)
http://www.afdb.org
Created by Africans in 1963, the AfDB is an
international financial institution created to promote
the economic and social evelopment of its member
African countries. The AfDB includes the African
Development Bank (ADB), the African Development Fund
(ADF), the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF), and the Private
Sector Department (PSD).
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Bank
of Central African States (BEAC)
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/decdo/beac.htm
.In 1972 the Governments of the five countries that
were members of the Central Bank of Equatorial African
States and Cameroon (Banque Centrale des Etats de
l'Afrique Equatoriale et du Cameroun (BCEAEC)) signed a
new Convention of Monetary Cooperation with France
which established the Bank of Central African States
(Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC)) to
succeed the BCEAEC. Its members include Cameroon,
Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo,
Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea. BEAC is declared a
"Multinational African institution in the management
and control of which France participates in return for
the guarantee she provides for its currency."
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Central Bank of West
African States
http://www.bceao.int
.The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) is the
common central bank of the eight (8) member states
which form the West African Monetary Union (WAMU).
BCEAO headquaters is located in Dakar, Senegal.
Membership: Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Ctte
d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
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Committee of
Central Bank Governors of the Southern African
Development Community
http://www.sadcbankers.org
The Committee of Central Bank Governors was established
in August 1995 as part of the Finance and Investment
Sector of SADC. Since its inaugural meeting, the
Committee of Governors has proposed several projects
designed to contribute to the process of regional
economic co-operation and integration.
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Development Bank of
Southern Africa
http://www.dbsa.org
The Bank (DBSA) was established in 1983. .In 1996 it
was transformed to ensure it met the needs of the new
South Africa and the Southern African Development
Community (SADC) region a a whole. The DBSA's key
purpose is to address socio-economic imbalances and
help improve the quality of life of the people of South
and Southern Africa..
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East
African Development Bank
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/decdo/eadb.htm
The East African Development Bank (EADB) provides
financial and technical assistance for the promotion of
industrial development and projects to promote regional
cooperation in the member countries of Kenya, Tanzania,
and Uganda.
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Industrial Development
Corporation of South Africa
http://www.idc.co.za
The IDC is a self-financing state-owned development
finance institution whose primary objectives are to
contribute to the generation of balanced sustainable
economic growth in southern Africa. IDC achieves this
by promoting entrepreneurship through the building of
competitive industries and enterprises.
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PTA
Bank
http://www.ptabank.co.ke/
Established in 1985, the Eastern and Southern African
Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank) has been
transformed into the Common Market for Eastern and
Southern African States (COMESA), as a financial arm of
the integration arrangement. The main mission of the
Bank is to act as a tool for contri- contributing
towards the socio-economic development of its Member
States through promoting intra-COMESA trade and the
economic integration of the COMESA sub-region.
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West
African Development Bank
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/decdo/boad.htm
The West African Development Bank (BOAD) was
established by an Agreement signed by the Member States
of the West African Monetary Union (UMOA) on November
14,1973. The aim of the BOAD is to promote balanced
development of the States of the Union and to achieve
West African economic integration.
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West
African Monetary Union
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/decdo/uemoa.htm
The West African Monetary Union is characterised by the
recognition of a common monetary unit , the Franc of
the African Financial Community (CFA F), which is
issued by the Central Bank of West African States
(BCEAO). WAMU currently comprises : Benin, Burkina
Faso, Guinea Bissau, Ctte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger,
Senegal and Togo.
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African Stock
Exchanges Association
http://www.jse.co.za/thejse/aseasims.htm
Established in 1993, the aim of the African Stock
Exchanges Association (ASEA) is to provide a formal
framework for the mutual co-operation of stock
exchanges in the African region. Its functions include
the exchange of information and assistance in the
development of member exchanges..
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MBendi.
African Stock Exchanges
http://www.mbendi.co.za/exaf.htm Africa's leading
business website for information on the following African
capital markets:
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Abidjan Stock Exchange
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Abuja Commodities Exchange
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Botswana Stock Exchange
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Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange
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Ghana Stock Exchange
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Johannesburg Securities Exchange
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Johannesburg Stock Exchange
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Kampala Stock Exchange
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Khartoum Stock Exchange
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Lusaka Stock Exchange
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Malawi Stock Exchange
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Maputo Stock Exchange
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Mauritius Stock Exchange
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Nairobi Stock Exchange
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Namibia Stock Exchange
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Nigerian Stock Exchange
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South Africa Futures Exchange
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South Africa Stock Exchange
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Stock Exchange of Mauritius
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Swaziland Stockbrokers Ltd.
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Tanzanian Stock Exchange
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Zambia Stock Exchange
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Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
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