TY - BOOK AU - Amira Tarek Ibrahim Metwally AU - Ehab K. A. Mohamed , TI - The effect of board of director's characteristics and ownership structure on bank performance in Africa / PY - 2016/// CY - Cairo : PB - Amira Tarek Ibrahim Metwally , KW - Bank performance in Africa KW - Board of director's characteristics KW - Ownership structure N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - German University - Faculty of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research - Department of Management N2 - The aim of this thesis is to examine the effect of board of directors characteristics and ownership structure on bank performance in Africa. On a sample of one hundred and twenty five banks operating in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisite, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Nigeria, the study provides valuable insights into corporate governancemechanisms and the effects of such corporate governance mechanisms on bank performance from 2009-2013 UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -