Financial Regulation in Africa

Iwa Salami is Lecturer in Commercial Law and Financial Law and Regulation at the School of Law and Social Sciences, University of East London. She is a member of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Society of Legal Scholars. Prior to joining UEL, she was a research fellow at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. She has previously worked in the UK and abroad including the Government Legal Service and the African Development Bank.

• Chapter 1 Regional Economic IntegrationArrangements in Africa; Chapter 2 Legal and Institutional Regional Challengesof Economic Integration in Africa; Chapter 3 Regional Institutional Requirements for Financial Integration; Chapter 4 Domestic Institutional Requirements for Financial Integration; Chapter 5 The Future of Financial Integration and Regulation in Africa; concluding Concluding Remarks;

’A comprehensive analysis of the spaghetti bowl of economic integration efforts of Africa over the past half century, pointing out the overlap and ineffectiveness of many of these efforts; yet, insightfully demonstrating the future need and challenges for such integration efforts, particularly in the area of financial integration and reform. Highly recommended.’ Joseph J. Norton, former Sir John Lubbock Professor of Banking Law (London), UK 'This book will be a significant addition to the emerging literature on the law of regional economic integration in Africa. It focuses on an important issue within the subject of financial regulation and is likely to be a leader on the subject for some time to come.’ Richard Frimpong Oppong, Thompson Rivers University, Canada ’...an instructive guide of what has already been achieved, but also what still needs to be done... lawyers, policy-makers, investors and bankers will all find the present text of much value in understanding and hopefully also overcoming the stumbling blocks on the way to financial integration in Africa.’ Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation