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Standard Bank has appointed Marie-Gabrielle Opese as its Chief Executive and Head of Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Standard Bank is accelerating its financing of renewables to catalyse Africa’s energy transition, its financing of renewable power generation exceeding its non-renewable energy power generation by a ratio of 4.9 to 1.

Standard Bank has been named as most admired financial services brand, as announced by Brand Africa in the release of its latest research and rankings.

Three women fund managers from Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa have been selected to receive Visa’s grant funding from the African Women Impact Fund Initiative (AWIF), a collaboration between Standard Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

CEOs of Stanbic Bank Uganda Anne Juuko, and Standard Bank Namibia Mercia Geises, feature on the third reiteration of the Africa.com Definitive List of Women CEOs.

Standard Bank is South Africa’s third most valuable brand, making it the country’s most valuable banking brand for the second consecutive year.