An IC publication 4th Quarter 2 0 0 8 I S SUE 6

AFRICAN BANKERStar interview: Ecobank’s Ekpe

Zain deepens mobile banking tar Profiles: Intercontinental’s Akingbola

FDI surges into Africa

AND Stanbic-CBC’s Du Toit People power for Kenya’s Equity Bank Banking Ombudsman keeps the peace in S Africa

nning the war against ATM crooks

uro Zone €8.00 • UK £5.50 • USA $9.95 • Australia a$15.00 • Bahrain bd 3000 • Canada $11.00 • CFA Zone cfa 5.000 • Cyprus c£4.50 • Denmark dkr 65 • Egypt e£30 • Ethiopia r 40 • Gambia da 100 • Ghana ghc 5.000 • Indonesia r 59.000 • Jamaica $400 • Japan y 1400 • Jordan jd 5.000 • Kenya kshs 450 • Kuwait kd 2.500 • Lebanon ll 10.000 • Liberia us$6.00 • Malaysia rm 30 • Mauritius mr 300 • Morocco dh 40 • Nigeria • 600 • Norway nok 120 • Oman or 3.000 • Qatar qr 30 • Saudi Arabia rls30 • Sierra Leone le 10.000 • Singapore $ 14 • South Africa r 39.90 (inc tax) • Other Southern African Countries r 35 (exl tax) • Sweden skr 65 • Switzerland sfr 15.00 • Tanzania tshs 7.500 • Tunisia td 5.000 • Turkey 6.000 ytl • UAE dh 30 • Uganda ush 12.000 • Zambia k 25.000