🇳🇬 Digital Payments Surge in Nigeria, but Infrastructure Gaps
Africa's digital payments ecosystem has become the continent's financial backbone, processing billions of transactions annually across mobile money pl...
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🇳🇬 Naira volatility cost his family. He built an FX platform
Nigeria's naira has lost approximately 60% of its value against the US dollar since 2021, a depreciation that has quietly decimated wealth across the ...
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🇳🇬 Tulupay Announces the Prelaunch of its Pan African First
Africa's payments landscape remains one of the continent's most fragmented markets, with dozens of competing platforms operating across disparate regu...
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🇳🇬 BREAKING: CBN launches NOFR benchmark, adopts new overnight
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced the Nigerian Overnight Financing Rate (NOFR), a structural reform designed to modernize Africa's seco...
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🇳🇬 CBN, financial markets dealers introduce new money market
Nigeria's Central Bank has taken a significant step toward modernizing its financial infrastructure by launching the Nigerian Overnight Financing Rate...
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🇿🇦 Absa boosts fuel cashback as petrol prices surge
** South Africa's banking sector is quietly signalling alarm about household cash flow deterioration. Absa Group Limited, one of Africa's largest fin...
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🌍 Malawi’s questionable hotel deal lingers
Malawi's financial sector remains under intense scrutiny following parliamentary disclosures that investigators have traced 72.6 billion kwacha—approx...
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🇰🇪 Ted Pantone on building Turaco, surviving Covid, and aiming
Kenya's insurance technology sector has become a magnet for venture capital and entrepreneurial ambition, yet few founders have demonstrated the disci...
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🇳🇬 Afriq Arbitrage: Anambra investor alleges $82,000 locked
The cryptocurrency sector across Africa continues to face significant credibility challenges following allegations that Afriq Arbitrage System (AAS), ...
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🇳🇬 Nigerian stocks hit 200,000 as rally raises bubble concerns
Nigeria's stock market has entered uncharted territory. The All-Share Index (ASI) of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) has broken through the 200,000-point ...
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🇳🇬 We receive N1.5m after 35 years of service, retired police
Nigeria's contributory pension scheme is facing a legitimacy crisis as retired police officers publicly denounce retirement benefits so inadequate tha...
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🇰🇪 Former Airport Sacco officials owe Sh50mn in unpaid loans
A significant governance crisis at Kenya's Airport Sacco has surfaced, revealing approximately Sh50 million (approximately €375,000) in unpaid loans o...
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🇳🇬 Pound to Naira exchange rate today, April 17, 2026
Nigeria's currency markets sent a reassuring signal on April 17, 2026, as the naira held relatively steady against sterling across both official and i...
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🇿🇦 IDC deal must be scrutinised
South Africa's Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is facing mounting scrutiny over corporate governance failures that mirror the high-profile mi...
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🇿🇦 Hunt on for PIC’s lost billions
South Africa's institutional investment landscape is undergoing intense scrutiny as two of the country's largest state-owned entities—the Public Inves...
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🇳🇬 Ecobank declares first dividend since 2023 worth N52 billion
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, West Africa's largest pan-continental lender by branch network, has announced a final dividend of 0.16 US cents pe...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Financial Ecosystem Hits Critical Mass: Digital
Nigeria's financial services landscape has entered a transformational phase, driven by converging forces across retail payments, capital markets, and ...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Financial Services Sector Signals Recovery:
Nigeria's financial services ecosystem is entering a critical inflection point. After a period of consolidation and regulatory restructuring, the cont...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Financial Markets Hit N193 Trillion Record in Q1
Nigeria's financial ecosystem is displaying remarkable resilience and growth, signalling renewed confidence among both domestic and international inve...
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🇳🇬 How to Lock in Attractive Yields with FGN Bonds in 2026
Nigeria's sovereign debt market is displaying a rare convergence of conditions that has caught the attention of international portfolio managers: elev...
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