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LEAD STORY THE GENIE OF TECHNOLOGY UNLEASHED
04 EDITORIAL
The mother of all technologies 06 AFRICAN BANKER’S WORLD
Round-up of the last quarter in Africa’s banking industry 12 NEW APPOINTMENTS
Who has moved where 14 LEAD STORY
TECHNOLOGY The genie of technology unleashed 15 The building blocks 18 Banks still wary of cloud 20 Solutions for an increasingly complex Africa 21 Big data solutions: a future trend 24 The rise of the super ATM 28 Oracle forum opens up vast tech horizon 32 IN CONVERSATION
Albert Essien, CEO, Ecobank 40 TALKING POINT
ASIAN BANKING Cautious optimism in Hong Kong
45 CORPORATE PROFILE
Barclays Africa Africa’s resilience has been understated 67 EVENTS The African Banker Awards 68 IN FOCUS
ISLAMIC BANKING A partnership made in heaven? 71 Interview: Khaled Al Aboodi,
Islamic Corporation for Development of the private sector 76 ANALYSIS Is a currency crisis on the way? COUNTRY-WISE 80 Ghana: Microfinance calls the shots 82 South Africa: Sharp rise in internet banking fraud 87 GADGETS, GIZMOS & CARS
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