The cover of African Business (newsstands) has an interesting list ranking banks according to shareholders equity - Tier 1 capital - as defined by Basle. Difficult to get it online though
http://www.allbusiness.com/africa/1085155-1.html
Interesting points:
1. Number of banks in top 100 by country
Nigeria......16
Egypt........12
Tunisia.......9
South Africa..8
Morocco.......8
Algeria.......7
Angola........5
Kenya.........5
Libya.........4
Ghana.........3
2. Capital___Assets by country:
South Africa...35%___45%
Nigeria........16%___8%
Morocco........11%___11%
Egypt..........9%____12%
Algeria........7%____6%
Tunisia........3%____2%
Libya..........3%____4%
Angola.........2%____2%
Togo..........1.6%__0.8%
Kenya.........1.5%__0.7%
3. Sum of assets is x13 Sum of Capital in top 100:
Leaders are Libya with x22 capital, Egypt with x19 capital, South Africa with x16 capital.........Nigeria with x6 capital, Kenya with x7 capital
4. East Africa Top 15 includes:
Equity Bank.....no 57
KCB Bank........no 58
Barclays Bank...no 67
COOP Bank.......no 71
NBK.............no 91
Stanbic Uganda..no 97