Atlas Mara

Atlas Mara Limited is a rapidly growing sub-Saharan African financial services group listed on the London Stock Exchange. Since its founding by Bob Diamond and Ashish J. Thakkar in late 2013, they have acquired, by way of four transactions, control of (or significant stakes in) banking operations in seven sub-Saharan African countries, including Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Rwanda and Nigeria, several of which rank amongst the fastest growing countries in the world.