South Sudan’s minister for finance and economic planning tells The Banker about the economic benefits of peace.

Which banks across Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have performed the best in The Banker’s newly introduced ranking that measures a lender's performance across various key criteria? 

Sudan’s finance minister talks to The Banker about how he intends to bring the highly indebted country’s finances back to normality, repair international relations and lift the population out of poverty. 

Nigeria’s central bank governor discusses moves to encourage greater private sector lending and a push towards a cashless economy.

In the face of cooling growth predictions, Kenya's central bank governor talks to John Everington about the deeper changes being made to the country's banking system.

In times of conflict, a central bank can play a unifying role. This is what is happening in Libya.

Technology's impact on Africa is well documented, but with rule changes in giant markets such as Nigeria enabling further incursions, how will incumbent banks react? 

Reforms and a large unbanked rural population are behind new strategies at Zambia’s otherwise stable banks.