While the recent government’s decision to develop Islamic finance is seen as a positive step for an industry that has … More

A wind of change is about to blow through the West African Monetary Union (WAMU)’s member states as the Central … More

Jumping on the bandwagon alongside Senegal, Togo and Ivory Coast, Niger could very well be the fourth West African country … More

Khaled Al Aboodi, CEO of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), discusses the African Islamic … More

In a country where the offering of Shariah compliant products and services is almost impossible, the launch in late July … More

MARC ROUSSOT takes a look at Senegal where the government had recently taken steps in developing the Waqf asset class. … More

Government-owned Al Karama Holding will be selling its shares in Banque Zitouna, a fully-fledged Islamic bank, and Zitouna Takaful. The … More

Indonesia’s Islamic finance landscape is developing very slowly. One of the country’s biggest weaknesses is in its corporate Islamic capital … More

The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) — also known as Bankacılık Duzenleme ve Denetleme Kurumu — is currently working … More

Islamic finance is almost non-existent in Ghana. Multiple attempts to create an Islamic bank and carve out dedicated regulations have … More