Standard Chartered Bank, which makes almost all its profits in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, is reportedly planning to hire at least 1,000 more staff in Africa in the next couple of years.
Nigeria, which overtook South Africa as the continent’s biggest economy this year, is expected to be the destination of most of the soon-to-be-created-jobs, according to Reuters.
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Diana Layfield, Standard Chartered CEO for Africa, declined to specify where the extra staff would go, but picked out Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana as three of the most-attractive markets.
"Nigeria has to be close to the top of everybody’s list (for expansion) … it has scale, growth and real dynamism," Layfield told Reuters.
The British banking giant currently has nearly 8,100 staff in Africa and has a significant presence in 15 countries there.
In January this year, Standard Chartered opened a subsidiary in Angola and revealed intentions to expand into Mozambique.
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