20 January 2021

• News24.com | Nigeria's biggest bank eyes expansion to 8 other African countries
  The African Free Trade Agreement has seen Access Bank eyeing expansion on the continent, with a view to ultimately targeting 22 countries.
• News24.com | 2 out of every 3 cigarettes sold in SA are illicit, report estimates
  The sale of illicit, tax-evading cigarettes has become "endemic" across SA a in the wake last year’s lockdown blanket ban on tobacco trade, claims a report by Tax Justice SA.
• News24.com | Southern Africa private equity investors have R30bn cash pile after virus dip
  Private-equity investors in southern Africa are closing deals again after a virus-induced lull, tapping a cash pile that stood at more than R30 billion rand in June.