The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange as a SPAC on 17 December 2013, through an IPO which raised USD 325 million.

It trades by appointment in the United States on the Pink Sheets under the ticker symbol "AAMAF".

[17] In April 2015, the group announced its intention to acquire a significant minority interest in Banque Populaire du Rwanda SA (BPR).

[19] In April 2019, Atlas Mara announced that it had entered into a share swap with Equity Group Holdings Limited.

The deal would see Atlas Mara transfer 62 per cent of Banque Populaire du Rwanda, 100 per cent of African Banking Corporation of Zambia, African Banking Corporation of Mozambique and African Banking Corporation of Tanzania to Equity Group in exchange for 6.27 per cent shareholding in Equity Group in a transaction valued at valued at US$105.71 million.