| Largest banks by country | |||||||||||
| Rank | Bank | City | Fiscal period | Shareholders' equity ($m) | Equity growth (%) | Total assets ($m) | Asset growth (%) | Net income ($m) | Income growth (%) | Return on average equity (%) | $ rate differential (%) |
| Zambia | |||||||||||
| 1 | Zambia National Commercial Bank | Lusaka | 1997 | 14 | 7.31 | 167 | 15.37 | 1 | -113.85 | 7.05 | 5.13 |
| Zimbabwe | |||||||||||
| 1 | Commercial Bank of Zimbabwe | Harare | 1996 | 53 | -6263.83 | 355 | 232.21 | 1 | 21.00 | 4.25 | 16.41 |
| 2 | FMB Holdings | Harare | 1996 | 29 | 18.96 | 283 | 31.92 | 6 | 46.46 | 22.52 | 16.41 |