🇳🇬 Nomba and fintech firms unlock SME lending in Nigeria
Nigeria's small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector employs over 41 million people and contributes approximately 48% of GDP, yet it remains chron...
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🇳🇬 CBN's New Agent Banking Rules Reshape Nigeria's Fintech
On April 1, 2026, Nigeria's Central Bank implemented its most comprehensive agent banking framework in a decade, fundamentally reshaping how over 900,...
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🇪🇬 EFG Hermes holds 13th annual conference for MENA investment
EFG Hermes, one of the Middle East and North Africa's most influential investment banking platforms, recently hosted its 13th annual investment confer...
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🇿🇦 South Africa: Two Insurance Giants Dominate Sassa Funeral
South Africa's funeral insurance market has quietly become one of Africa's most predictable revenue streams, with Clientèle Life and Sanlam—through th...
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🇳🇬 Zenith Bank acquires Paramount Bank in consolidation deal
Nigeria's financial services landscape is undergoing significant structural transformation. Zenith Bank's acquisition of Paramount Bank, formally appr...
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🇳🇬 Top 10 equity mutual funds by YTD returns in March 2026
Nigeria's equity mutual fund market is experiencing a notable resurgence in 2026, with top-performing funds delivering double-digit year-to-date retur...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Financial Resilience Strategy: Banking Stability,
Nigeria's financial markets are sending mixed but ultimately bullish signals to international investors seeking exposure to Africa's largest economy. ...
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🇳🇬 The NSIA Model: Catalyzing Development Through Sustainable
Nigeria's Sovereign Wealth Authority (NSIA), under the strategic direction of CEO Aminu Umar-Sadiq, is pioneering a model that fundamentally reframes ...
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🇳🇬 Chapel Hill NREIT records N25.06 billion 2025 profit
Nigeria's real estate sector is delivering a compelling narrative for European investors seeking exposure to African growth markets. Chapel Hill Devel...
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🇳🇬 Treasury Bills Drive 43% Growth in Nigerian Bank Interest
Nigeria's three largest banking institutions—Zenith Bank, Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), and FirstHoldCo—collectively harvested N2.85 trillion...
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🇪🇬 Africa: Gulf Shock, African Shield
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has activated a $10 billion emergency liquidity facility designed to insulate African and Caribbean econo...
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🇳🇬 NGX to delist Greif, DN Tyre over compliance failures,
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) has formally approved the delisting of DN Tyre and Rubber Plc and Greif Nigeria Plc, marking a significant governance mile...
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🇳🇬 SCOA Nigeria’s debt jumps 115.2% to N12.017 billion in 2025
SCOA Nigeria Plc, one of West Africa's largest automotive and industrial equipment distributors, has disclosed a dramatic 115.2% surge in total debt, ...
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🇳🇬 Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, April 9, 2026
Nigeria's financial sector entered a period of transition in early 2026, marked by two significant developments that warrant close attention from Euro...
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🇰🇪 Kenya Central Bank freezes interest rates at 8.75%,
Kenya's monetary policy landscape has entered a critical inflection point. After nearly two years of consecutive interest rate reductions, the Central...
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🇳🇬 Fidelity Bank Advances Gender Inclusion with Chairman
Fidelity Bank Plc, one of Nigeria's top-tier financial institutions, has appointed Mrs. Amaka Onwughalu as Chairman of the Board of Directors, effecti...
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🇿🇦 ConCourt orders CPS to repay Sassa R81m
South Africa's Constitutional Court has delivered a decisive blow to Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), ordering the liquidating company to repay R81 mill...
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🇳🇬 Zenith Bank hits record N1.041 trillion profit in 2025,
Zenith Bank PLC, Nigeria's premier financial institution, has announced audited full-year results for 2025 that underscore the ongoing profitability o...
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🇳🇬 Central Bank vs. Titan Trust: Battle for Nigeria’s
Nigeria's financial sector is experiencing one of its most significant governance crises in recent memory, as a dispute between the Central Bank of Ni...
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🇪🇬 Egypt, Qatar agree to start updating double taxation
Egypt and Qatar have announced plans to update their double taxation agreement (DTA), a significant development for European businesses operating acro...
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