🇰🇪 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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🇳🇬 Alpha Morgan Capital Balanced Fund
Nigeria's asset management sector continues to attract international capital, and the recently audited Alpha Morgan Capital Balanced Fund presents a...
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🇳🇬 Breaking: GTCO reports N865.75 billion in profits
Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), Nigeria's largest bank by market capitalization, released full-year 2025 results that reveal a significant prof...
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🇰🇪 Kenyan wage growth masks deepening reliance on credit
Kenya's labour market presents a striking contradiction that should concern European investors eyeing East African expansion. While nominal wage growt...
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🌍 Bank of Namibia sets June 2026 rollout for instant payment
** The Bank of Namibia's announcement of a June 2026 launch date for its national instant payment system marks a critical infrastructure milestone fo...
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🇳🇬 Africa's Financial Infrastructure Surge Masks Credit
Africa's financial sector is experiencing a paradoxical moment. While headline metrics suggest unprecedented strength—African banks have crossed the $...
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🇳🇬 Africa's Financial Sector Hits $100B Revenue Milestone
Africa's banking sector has achieved a landmark moment: crossing the $100 billion annual revenue threshold for the first time. This milestone signals ...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria's Banking Sector Fortifies Against Cyber Threats
Nigeria's financial services ecosystem is undergoing a critical security overhaul as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) moves to systematically harden ...
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🇳🇬 Recapitalisation bancaire au Nigeria
Nigeria's central bank has achieved what many thought impossible: forcing the continent's most fragmented banking sector to consolidate and recapitali...
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🇳🇬 African Banking Sector Breaks $100B Revenue Barrier—What
Africa's financial services sector has reached a watershed moment. For the first time, African banks have collectively surpassed $100 billion in annua...
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🇰🇪 Interest income, foreign exchange trade
Kenya's banking sector confronted a profitability inflection point in 2025 as the Central Bank of Kenya's monetary easing cycle compressed net interes...
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🇳🇬 African banks surpass $100 billion in revenue
The African banking sector has crossed a historic threshold, generating over $100 billion in annual revenue for the first time—a watershed moment that...
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