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Financial Integration in Africa


African Students (Masters, Courses, Foreign Trade, Business)
Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB AI) MIB and APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning)
Doctorate in International Business (DIB AI) Online MIB and APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning)
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Global Transport and Logistics
We Trust in Africa (Affordable Higher Education for Africans)
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Regional Financial Integration in Africa. Mobile banking services. Cross-border banking

African Economic Integration
Regional Integration in Africa

In general, financial systems in Africa are limited (both in capacity and size) and not fully regional integrated, this cause high transactions cost and elevated levels of Risk

We Trust in Africa (Affordable Higher Education for Africans)

  1. Introduction to Regional Financial Integration in Africa
  2. Trends in African regional financial integration
  3. Case Study: The four largest African banking groups
    1. ECOBANK (Togo)
    2. United Bank for Africa (Nigeria)
    3. Standard Bank Group (South Africa)
    4. BMCE BANK Group (Morocco)
  4. Cross-border banking
  5. Mobile banking services
  6. Payment systems in Africa
  7. Risks from cross-border banking in Africa
  8. Case Study: Vodafone Money Transfer (M-PESA) in Africa
  9. Capital markets development in Africa
  10. Regional Financial infrastructure
  11. History of monetary cooperation in Africa
  12. Challenges of the CFA zone
  13. Case Study: Monetary Cooperation Arrangements of Regional Economic Communities (REC)

Sample - Financial Integration in Africa:
Financial Integration in Africa

  1. Influence of religion on financial systems

African Students (Masters Foreign Trade, AI)

The Subject “Regional financial integration in Africa” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate in African Business.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB AI) Online

Master in Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB AI)

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English or Study Doctorate in International Business in French Intégration financière en Afrique Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Integración Financiera Africana Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Integração financeira africana.


  1. A right financial infrastructure (legal framework, payment systems, credit registries...) can contribute to boost intra-African trade and economic growth
  2. One of the pillars of the African financial system is Cross-border banking
  3. The four largest Banks in Africa are ECOBANK (Togo), United Bank for Africa (Nigeria), Standard Bank Group (South Africa) and BMCE BANK Group (Morocco)
  4. M-PESA is a money transfer system launched by Vodafone; PESA means MONEY in Swahili
    1. In Africa, M-PESA is operative in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Egypt and Lesotho
  5. The JSE (Johannesburg Stock Exchange) represents 65 percent of total market capitalization in Africa
  6. Southern African Development Community (SADC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), and Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) are trying to harmonize their regional payment systems

African Value Chains.

EENI African Business Portal.


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