With operations in 10 countries across the continent, Barclays has one of the broadest franchises in Africa of any international bank and, according to Antony Jenkins, CEO of Barclays Retail, it is a business unit of growing strategic importance for the group.
"In my view, Africa is a bit of a jewel in the Barclays crown that we've probably paid less attention to than we should have done in the past few years," he says, speaking from the bank's global headquarters in London's Canary Wharf.
