🇳🇬 Nigeria's Debt Capital Markets Surge While Fintech
Nigeria's fixed income markets are experiencing a structural boom that European investors have largely overlooked. In 2025, FCMB Capital Markets domin...
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🇳🇬 Africa's Financial Infrastructure Surge Creates New
Africa's financial ecosystem is experiencing a transformative moment. The continent's banking sector has shattered a historic milestone by surpassing ...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Banking Boom Meets Rising Debt Costs—What
Nigeria's financial sector is sending mixed signals that demand careful navigation from European entrepreneurs and investors. While the country's bank...
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🇳🇬 CBN gives banks 21 days to grade their cyber defences
Nigeria's financial sector is facing simultaneous pressure from two directions this week, signalling a broader tightening of monetary conditions and r...
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🇳🇬 CBN orders banks, fintechs to submit Cybersecurity report
Nigeria's financial regulator has sent a clear signal: cybersecurity compliance is no longer optional. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a ...
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🇰🇪 Under 40s drive money market funds uptake, StanChart report
** Kenya's money market funds are experiencing a demographic revolution. According to recent analysis from Standard Chartered, investors under 40 are...
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🇿🇦 FirstRand names new FNB CEO as leadership reshuffle
FirstRand Limited, one of Africa's largest financial services groups, is undergoing significant leadership changes that reflect deeper strategic shift...
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🇳🇬 Banking Sector Revenue Hits $100B as Nigeria Leads Growth
Africa's banking sector has crossed a historic threshold. For the first time, the continent's financial institutions have collectively surpassed $100 ...
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🇳🇬 Rabiu, Elumelu drive industrial growth as BUA foods hits
Nigeria's industrial landscape is experiencing a significant realignment as two of Africa's most influential business leaders—Abdul Samad Rabiu of BUA...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Bond and Equity Markets Surge on Reform Momentum
Nigeria's financial markets are displaying renewed institutional appetite as economic reform policies begin to yield measurable results. The first qua...
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🇳🇬 Africa's Financial Infrastructure Renaissance: N29 Trillion
Africa's financial sector is experiencing a transformative moment that European investors can no longer afford to ignore. Nigeria's stock market alone...
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🇰🇪 Britam cleans balance sheet to resume dividend payment
Britam Holdings, East Africa's largest composite insurer by market capitalisation, has announced a strategic balance sheet cleanup aimed at resuming d...
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🇳🇬 African Banking Boom Meets Structural Headwinds: What
Africa's banking sector has crossed a historic threshold. For the first time, the continent's banks have collectively surpassed $100 billion in annual...
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🌍 Namibia Struggles to Recover Billions in Fishrot Scandal
Namibia's ambitious attempt to recover billions in assets stolen through the "Fishrot" scandal—one of Africa's largest corruption cases—is hitting a w...
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🇳🇬 USD-backed stablecoins fuel Nigeria’s trade amid FX
Nigeria's foreign exchange crisis has quietly spawned a parallel financial ecosystem where USD-backed stablecoins—primarily USDC and USDT—now function...
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🇳🇬 Rabiu, Elumelu align on capital, scale
The convergence of Abdul Samad Rabiu and Tony Elumelu at BUA Group's Lagos headquarters signals a deliberate recalibration of Nigeria's industrial cap...
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🇰🇪 Britam profit jumps 10pc to Sh5.5b despite rise in claims
Britam Holdings, East Africa's largest insurance group by market capitalisation, has demonstrated resilient operational performance by growing net pro...
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🇳🇬 We must urgently tackle Africa’s $88bn illicit financial
Africa loses an estimated $88 billion annually through illicit financial flows (IFFs)—a staggering figure that represents roughly 3.7% of the continen...
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🇳🇬 GTCO’s interest income up 23.2% to N1.62 trillion
Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), Nigeria's largest banking group by market capitalisation, has delivered a remarkable 22.8% year-on-year surge i...
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🇳🇬 JOSTUM resolves student protest over NELFUND loan delays
The resolution of a student protest at Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University (JOSTUM) in Nigeria's Benue State marks a critical turning point in the rollout...
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