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Union Bank gets boost from IFC

The World Bank's private sector arm might extend guarantees to the Union Bank of Nigeria, a subsidiary of the Union Global Partners conglomerate and Atlas Mara, Barclays' ex-CEO Bob Diamond's fund. [...]

Published on 09/07/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Africa Finance Corp
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Atlas Mara
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West Africa
Financial lobby group Paris Europlace to train francophone Africa's top regulators

Paris Europlace, the body which promotes Paris as a financial centre, is setting up a training programme for West African financial regulators and civil servants. It will be run in partnership with Paris Dauphine University and the World Bank's International Financial Corporation.

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France, Nigeria
France pulls out all the stops for Wigwe's Access Bank new Paris branch

The French government is fostering its ties with Nigeria's captains of industry, and in particular Herbert Wigwe, who recently announced that his bank would open a Paris branch.

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Africa, Canada
Canadian "Warren Buffett" excludes his banks from deal for big new African investment group

Canadian financier Prem Watsa, who heads the giant Fairfax investment group, announced plans to bring fellow investment giant Helios into the capital of his African subsidiary, Fairfax Africa, on 10 July. Fairfax Africa will divest itself of its struggling African banks, however, before Helios proceeds with its investment.

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