The Kenyan lender's acquisition of Trust Merchant Bank follows the Democratic Republic of Congo's formal entry into the East African Community.

Ukur Yatani, cabinet secretary of the Kenyan National Treasury, on the state of the country’s economy and banking sector.

The banking sector's ability to return to previous profitability levels depends on length of lockdowns. 

The country’s economic bounceback has been dampened by a Covid-19 surge, but a swift recovery is anticipated. 

Leading banks expanded across the continent, while consolidation continued in overbanked countries.

Large government debt and vulnerability to external shocks could derail the banking sector’s recovery in 2021.

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.

As trade and co-operation has increased across east Africa, so has cross-border banking, with Kenyan lenders leading the way. But although this move is spreading new technologies and services while increasing competition, are there sufficient supervisory structures in place? James King investigates.