| Africa | |||
| 2005 | 2004 | Bank | Score |
| 1 | 1 | Citigroup | 456 |
| 2 | 2 | Standard Chartered | 174 |
| 3 | 3 | HSBC | 94 |
| 4 | — | Bank of America | 65 |
| 5 | 5 | ABN Amro | 52 |
| 6 | 7 | BNP Paribas | 32 |
| 7 | 11 | Calyon | 26 |
| 8 | 6 | Barclays | 24 |
| 9 | 4 | Société Générale | 16 |
| 10 | 8 | JPMorgan Chase | 14 |
| 11 | — | Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial | 9 |
| 12 | — | Deutsche Bank | 7 |
| 13= | — | Mizuho Financial | 4 |
| 13= | — | Rabobank | 4 |