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Why Bank-Only Financing Is Holding Ethiopia Back And How

🇪🇹 Why Bank-Only Financing Is Holding Ethiopia Back And How

Ethiopia finance +0.70 · 04/05/2026

Ethiopia's financial system faces a critical bottleneck. With over 80% of corporate financing flowing through banks, the economy is trapped in a cycle...

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Nigeria Banking Crisis 2025: Fraud Cases & Capital Reform

🇳🇬 Nigeria Banking Crisis 2025: Fraud Cases & Capital Reform

Nigeria finance -0.85 · 04/05/2026

Nigeria's financial services sector is navigating a critical inflection point. A high-profile fraud case involving a former bank chairman, combined wi...

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United Capital Group Completes Recapitalisation of

🇳🇬 United Capital Group Completes Recapitalisation of

Nigeria finance +0.85 · 04/05/2026

United Capital Plc, one of Africa's largest pan-African investment banking and financial services groups, has achieved a significant regulatory milest...

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Sabou Capital secures Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth

🇳🇬 Sabou Capital secures Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth

Nigeria finance +0.80 · 04/05/2026

Africa's funding gap for revenue-generating small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is closing—but only for those with access to the right institutional b...

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EFCC arraigns ex-Skye Bank chairman Tunde Ayeni over N15.6

🇳🇬 EFCC arraigns ex-Skye Bank chairman Tunde Ayeni over N15.6

Nigeria finance -0.85 · 04/05/2026

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has formally arraigned Tunde Ayeni, former Chairman of the now-defunct Skye Bank Plc, on allegatio...

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NSFAS placed under administration

🇿🇦 NSFAS placed under administration

South Africa finance -0.75 · 04/05/2026

**HEADLINE:** South Africa NSFAS Administration: What Student Funding Crisis Means for Investors **META_DESCRIPTION:** South Africa places NSFAS unde...

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Senate holds Public Hearing on Revenue Institute Bill

🇳🇬 Senate holds Public Hearing on Revenue Institute Bill

Nigeria finance +0.60 · 04/05/2026

Nigeria's Senate has moved a critical step closer to institutionalizing the country's tax and fiscal management framework. A public hearing on the Cha...

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BoG’s GHC93bn equity hole could burden taxpayers — Abena

🇬🇭 BoG’s GHC93bn equity hole could burden taxpayers — Abena

Ghana finance -0.85 · 04/05/2026

Ghana's central bank is sitting on a negative equity position of approximately GHC93 billion—a structural imbalance that threatens to shift financial ...

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Stitch launches BNPL offering in South Africa's payments

🇿🇦 Stitch launches BNPL offering in South Africa's payments

South Africa finance +0.75 · 04/05/2026

Buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) adoption is accelerating across Southern Africa, and South Africa's fintech ecosystem just got a significant new player. Stit...

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SBM Bank profit jumps to Sh246mn in Q1

🇰🇪 SBM Bank profit jumps to Sh246mn in Q1

Kenya finance +0.75 · 04/05/2026

**HEADLINE:** Kenya Banking 2025: SBM Bank Deposits Surge 23% as Q1 Profit Hits Sh246mn **META_DESCRIPTION:** SBM Bank Kenya Q1 2025: deposit growth ...

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Best Online Platform for Payment Processing in Zambia

🇿🇲 Best Online Platform for Payment Processing in Zambia

Zambia finance +0.70 · 04/05/2026

Zambia's digital payments ecosystem is accelerating. As cash transactions decline and e-commerce expands across Southern Africa, merchants face a crit...

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Tunisia's largest microfinance institution launches

🇹🇳 Tunisia's largest microfinance institution launches

Tunisia finance +0.70 · 04/05/2026

Tunisia's leading microfinance institution has entered the African fintech frontier with the launch of a blockchain-based loyalty system, signaling a ...

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Casablanca Stock Exchange Opens Higher as MASI Gains 1.03%

🇲🇦 Casablanca Stock Exchange Opens Higher as MASI Gains 1.03%

Morocco finance +0.65 · 06/04/2026

Morocco's primary equity benchmark, the MASI (Moroccan All Shares Index), posted a solid opening gain of 1.03%, signaling renewed investor confidence ...

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Centum, KCB launch 8.9pc fixed-rate mortgage deal

🇰🇪 Centum, KCB launch 8.9pc fixed-rate mortgage deal

Kenya finance +0.70 · 04/05/2026

Kenya's residential property market is experiencing a structural shift as Centum Investment Company and KCB Bank jointly introduce an 8.9% fixed-rate ...

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DMO opens May 2026 FGN Savings Bond offer at 14.525%

🇳🇬 DMO opens May 2026 FGN Savings Bond offer at 14.525%

Nigeria finance +0.70 · 04/05/2026

Nigeria's Debt Management Office (DMO) has reopened its FGN Savings Bond programme for May 2026, pricing the latest tranche at 14.525% per annum—a cri...

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WATCH | Law firms want B-BBEE legal code scrapped

🇿🇦 WATCH | Law firms want B-BBEE legal code scrapped

South Africa finance -0.75 · 04/05/2026

South Africa's newly gazetted B-BBEE Legal Sector Code of Good Practice is under unprecedented legal attack. Major law firms, backed by trade union So...

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Four Nigerian banks processed $208 billion in mobile

🇳🇬 Four Nigerian banks processed $208 billion in mobile

Nigeria finance +0.75 · 04/05/2026

**HEADLINE:** Nigeria Mobile Banking 2025: $208B Flow Shows Fintech Dominance Over Traditional Banks **META_DESCRIPTION:** Nigerian fintechs OPay, Pa...

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Libya starts distributing U.S Dollars to citizens through

🇱🇾 Libya starts distributing U.S Dollars to citizens through

Libya finance +0.60 · 04/05/2026

Libya's central bank has initiated a systematic distribution of U.S. dollars through local commercial banks, marking a significant policy shift to add...

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Efficiency Emerges as Access Holdings’ Next Growth Frontier

🇳🇬 Efficiency Emerges as Access Holdings’ Next Growth Frontier

Nigeria finance +0.75 · 04/05/2026

Access Holdings Plc, Nigeria's largest banking group by assets, has delivered a watershed moment for the continent's financial services sector: proof ...

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Otedola denies requesting special allocation in Dangote

🇳🇬 Otedola denies requesting special allocation in Dangote

Nigeria finance -0.30 · 04/05/2026

Nigeria's billionaire-backed corporate landscape is signalling mixed messages as two of Africa's largest business empires navigate critical pivots. Th...

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