🇬🇭 BoG’s GHC93bn equity hole could burden taxpayers — Abena
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 enters South Africa’s BNPL market with
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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🇿🇲 Best Online Platform for Payment Processing in Zambia
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 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%
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
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%
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
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
**HEADLINE:** Nigeria Mobile Banking 2025: $208B Flow Shows Fintech Dominance Over Traditional Banks **META_DESCRIPTION:** Nigerian fintechs OPay, Pa...
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🇳🇬 Otedola denies requesting special allocation in Dangote
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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🌍 Multilaw adds Mauritius member firm - African Law & Business
Mauritius's legal services sector has received a strategic boost with the addition of a new member firm to Multilaw, the global legal network serving ...
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🇰🇪 Financial inclusion without insurance is a false promise
Mobile money has transformed Kenya's financial landscape. Over 89 million active M-Pesa users, a network that reaches 98% of the adult population, and...
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🇳🇬 Africa Prudential unveils Sabivest app to simplify share
Africa Prudential Plc has entered the fintech race with the unveiling of Sabivest, a mobile-first investment management platform designed to democrati...
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🇳🇬 Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, May 4, 2026
The Nigerian Naira opened the first week of May 2026 with a noteworthy milestone: relative stability across all three segments of the foreign exchange...
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🇿🇦 eNCA Business | Market update | 4 May
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) kicked off the week of 4 May 2026 with trading commencing at 9am sharp, setting the tone for what analysts predi...
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🇷🇼 Rwanda: Govt Launches Centre to Boost Financing for
Rwanda's government has taken a decisive step to unlock capital for one of Africa's most underserved entrepreneurial segments: women-owned and women-l...
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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe Financial Firm Reports Growth Despite Economic
**HEADLINE:** Zimbabwe Financial Services Growth 2025: How Firms Navigate Economic Instability **META_DESCRIPTION:** Zimbabwe financial firms report ...
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🇳🇬 Nestoil’s ‘bad debt’ triggers dividend freeze for 3 major
Nigeria's banking sector has entered uncharted territory as a $2 billion non-performing loan (NPL) from Nestoil Limited—one of Africa's largest indige...
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🇱🇾 Libya, Sudan push for African Investment Bank to drive
**HEADLINE:** Sudan and Libya Push African Investment Bank: What It Means for Continental Growth **META_DESCRIPTION:** Sudan and Libya champion Afric...
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🌍 Mauritius Commercial Bank closes $450 million syndicated
Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB), the Indian Ocean island's largest lender by assets, has successfully closed a $450 million syndicated term loan facil...
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