Africa’s largest financial services group by market value has revealed its plan to test its might in the continent’s fiercest and most dynamic banking arena. FirstRand Ltd already has a foothold through Rand Merchant Bank, its investment banking division that focuses on corporate and investment banking. Now it wants to scale up by adding broader retail and commercial banking operations in Nigeria and demonstrate its deeper commitment to a market hosting over 200 million people and a banking sector on the brink of regulatory and competitive upheaval.