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SFS REIT profit jumps 762% to N4.1 billion as property ga

🇳🇬 SFS REIT profit jumps 762% to N4.1 billion as property ga

Nigeria finance +0.85 · 27/03/2026

SFS Real Estate Investment Trust's audited financial results for the year ended December 2025 paint a striking picture of Nigeria's recovering propert...

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Case Study: Regulation Is Becoming Nigeria’s Fintech Adva

🇳🇬 Case Study: Regulation Is Becoming Nigeria’s Fintech Adva

Nigeria finance +0.75 · 27/03/2026

The prevailing narrative about African fintech has long centered on regulatory arbitrage: young founders operating in the grey zones while central b...

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High Court freezes KUSCCO assets amid legal battles

🇰🇪 High Court freezes KUSCCO assets amid legal battles

Kenya finance -0.75 · 27/03/2026

The Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives (KUSCCO), a cornerstone institution in East Africa's agricultural financing ecosystem, faces sign...

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Nigeria's Capital Markets Surge 115% as Institutional Con

🇳🇬 Nigeria's Capital Markets Surge 115% as Institutional Con

Nigeria finance +0.85 · 27/03/2026

Nigeria's financial markets are experiencing a remarkable resurgence, with the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) recording a staggering 115.33% year-on-...

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NGX: Domestic & Foreign Portfolio Investments jump 115.33

🇳🇬 NGX: Domestic & Foreign Portfolio Investments jump 115.33

Nigeria finance +0.85 · 27/03/2026

Nigeria's equity market is experiencing a remarkable renaissance. Portfolio investments on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) more than doubled year-...

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Facing climate change, Nigeria's Lagos state takes out fl

🇳🇬 Facing climate change, Nigeria's Lagos state takes out fl

Nigeria finance +0.35 · 27/03/2026

Lagos state's recent decision to purchase a $7.5 million parametric flood insurance policy represents a watershed moment for climate adaptation financ...

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OPay Launches New Office in Jos

🇳🇬 OPay Launches New Office in Jos

Nigeria finance +0.75 · 27/03/2026

OPay, Nigeria's rapidly scaling financial technology platform, has opened a dedicated operational hub in Jos, the capital of Plateau State. This expan...

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KCB names Peter Ng’eno new Corporate Banking Director

🇰🇪 KCB names Peter Ng’eno new Corporate Banking Director

Kenya finance +0.60 · 27/03/2026

Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), East Africa's largest banking group by assets, has promoted Peter Ng'eno to Corporate Banking Director, a strategic appoi...

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Diaspora remittances

🇳🇬 Diaspora remittances

Nigeria finance +0.75 · 27/03/2026

Nigeria is executing a two-pronged structural reform that could fundamentally alter the investment calculus for European operators in Africa's largest...

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KCB secures Sh12.5bn for SMEs-linked green financing

🇰🇪 KCB secures Sh12.5bn for SMEs-linked green financing

Kenya finance +0.75 · 27/03/2026

Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has secured Sh12.5 billion (approximately $95–100 million USD) in blended finance for small and medium-sized enterprises f...

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Lagos secures $7.5 million flood insurance policy to prot

🇳🇬 Lagos secures $7.5 million flood insurance policy to prot

Nigeria finance +0.65 · 27/03/2026

Lagos State has taken a decisive step into parametric insurance markets by securing a $7.5 million flood insurance policy designed to protect approxim...

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Sidian Bank poaches John Okulo from KCB for MD, CEO post

🇰🇪 Sidian Bank poaches John Okulo from KCB for MD, CEO post

Kenya finance +0.60 · 27/03/2026

Sidian Bank's recruitment of John Okulo as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer represents a significant strategic pivot for the mid-sized Ke...

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NSE profit jumps 134pc to Sh272.2mn

🇰🇪 NSE profit jumps 134pc to Sh272.2mn

Kenya finance +0.85 · 27/03/2026

The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has reported a striking 134% surge in annual profit, reaching Kenyan Shillings 272.2 million (approximately €1.8...

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Nigeria's Banking Fortress Strengthens as Currency Market

🇳🇬 Nigeria's Banking Fortress Strengthens as Currency Market

Nigeria finance 0.00 · 27/03/2026

Nigeria's financial sector is entering a critical stabilization phase. On March 27, 2026, the naira demonstrated resilience against both the US dollar...

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Recapitalisation: 32 banks meet target ahead of deadline

🇳🇬 Recapitalisation: 32 banks meet target ahead of deadline

Nigeria finance +0.75 · 27/03/2026

Nigeria's banking sector is experiencing a significant structural reinforcement as 32 financial institutions have successfully met the Central Bank of...

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Tshwane CFO Gareth Mnisi placed on precautionary suspension

🇿🇦 Tshwane CFO Gareth Mnisi placed on precautionary suspension

South Africa finance -0.75 · 27/03/2026

The suspension of Gareth Mnisi, Chief Financial Officer of the City of Tshwane (South Africa's second-largest metropolitan municipality), marks anothe...

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NCBA profit rises to Sh23b as Nedbank buyout nears

🇰🇪 NCBA profit rises to Sh23b as Nedbank buyout nears

Kenya finance +0.75 · 27/03/2026

Kenya's largest banking group by customer base, NCBA Group, has delivered a robust financial performance with net profits reaching Sh23.4 billion, pos...

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Cape Town issues green bond

🇿🇦 Cape Town issues green bond

South Africa finance +0.75 · 22/03/2017

Cape Town's recent entry into the green bond market represents a watershed moment for African municipal financing and signals a fundamental shift in h...

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N9bn dispute: Petrocam seeks discharge of account freeze,

🇳🇬 N9bn dispute: Petrocam seeks discharge of account freeze,

Nigeria finance -0.65 · 27/03/2026

A significant liquidity crisis is unfolding in Nigeria's energy trading sector as Petrocam Trading Nigeria Ltd battles a Federal High Court order free...

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THE INVISIBLE HEIST: The SA bank with zero fraud

🇿🇦 THE INVISIBLE HEIST: The SA bank with zero fraud

South Africa finance +0.60 · 26/03/2026

South Africa's financial services sector faces a mounting crisis that European investors rarely discuss but urgently need to understand. While the cou...

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