About Africa Day As a leading emerging market bank, the Standard Bank Group is observing Africa Day for the first time this year. Standard Bank has operations in 18 African countries, including South Africa where its head quarters are based in Johannesburg. Standard Bank’s history in Africa began in Port Elizabeth, on South Africa’s south east coastline, in 1846. Today, we have 40 000 people across Africa.
At Standard Bank we have demonstrated understanding of local conditions, cultures and market drivers in each African country in which we do business. This has underpinned the bank’s success in Africa and other emerging markets. » Have a look at our presence in Africa We are successfully uniting commercial opportunity with social and environmental responsibility in each country in Africa, and making a difference in the communities within which we operates throughout Africa. |
Learn more The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) It was on 25th May 1963 that the leaders of the then independent Africa made history by establishing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). This gave significant impetus to the continent’s collective struggle for independence, and since then, African states have stood united in their quest for socio-economic development and political stability for the people of Africa.  |
