Nairobi, Feb. 17 -- African financial industry players have increasingly lost confidence in the ability of the sector to attract international partners and investors, a result of the economic and political challenges that have bedevilled the continent over the past few years.

This year, only 48 percent of financial industry players on the continent expect the sector to be more attractive to international investors, a 12 percent drop from last year's 60 percent, the African Financial Industry Barometer shows.

The survey by Deloitte and the African Financial Industry Summit (Afis) shows that 37 percent of the industry stakeholders expect it to become less attractive, driving away more international investors and partners from the continen...