The dominance of South African Banks in the sub-Saharan Africa region is under threat. For the second year in a row, Nigeria's banks have soared up the global league tables and are knocking on the door of the more established 'blue-blood' brands of South Africa. Buoyed by central bank governor Charles Soludo's 2005 minimum capital requirement legislation, Nigeria's banks have gone from strength to strength. The total Tier 1 capital of Nigerian banks in the Top 1000 has more than doubled to $11.29bn in 2008's rankings from $5.38bn in 2007. It takes Nigeria's share of the sub-Saharan pie to 34% of total Tier 1 capital, up from 24% in 2007. South Africa's share of the pie has fallen from 71 % last year to just 62% in 2008.
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