🇰🇪 SAFER programme boosts MSME financing, creates 30,000 jobs
Kenya's SAFER (Support for Accelerated and Inclusive Financial and Economic Resilience) programme represents a pivotal intervention in one of East Afr...
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🇳🇬 LAPO Microfinance Bank launches N10 billion 5-year Bond
LAPO Microfinance Bank, one of Nigeria's largest microfinance institutions, has launched a N10 billion (approximately €13.5 million) five-year fixed-r...
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🇳🇬 Mastercard's 45% Africa expansion unlocks digital payment
Mastercard's announcement of a 45% expansion in its acceptance network across Africa during 2025 represents far more than a routine infrastructure upg...
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🇳🇬 Nigerian Capital Market: From Reform to Origination
Nigeria's capital market has crossed a critical threshold. What was once dismissed as an emerging frontier is now functioning as a sophisticated, mult...
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🇰🇪 Kingdom Bank posts Sh946.2m profit as NBK's returns grow
Kingdom Bank's 2025 financial results represent a significant inflection point for Kenya's mid-tier banking sector, posting net profit of Sh946.2 mill...
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🇰🇪 Saccos face pressure from rising transactions
Kenya's savings and credit cooperative societies (SACCOs) are navigating a critical operational crossroads. The sector, which manages over 40 billion ...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria: Alleged tax evasion
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has moved to pursue an out-of-court settlement with Nigeria's Federal Government over alleged tax evasion charges, mar...
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🇳🇬 Why More Traders from African Regions Are Choosing Global
Africa's foreign exchange markets are experiencing a structural transformation that extends far beyond currency speculation. What was once confined to...
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🇰🇪 Sidian Bank profit jumps 502pc to Sh1.73bn
Sidian Bank, one of Kenya's mid-tier financial institutions, has delivered a stunning earnings surprise that reflects broader structural shifts in Eas...
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🇳🇬 Zenith Bank appoints Kennedy Onuwa Okwudili as Executive
Zenith Bank Plc, Nigeria's largest financial institution by market capitalization, has announced a significant leadership appointment that reinforces ...
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🇳🇬 How TeamApt got inside Nigeria’s payment rails
Nigeria's payment ecosystem has long suffered from fragmentation. Banks operate in silos, fintech startups compete on thin margins, and the Central Ba...
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🇳🇬 Zenith Bank Market Value Soars 77% on Stellar Trading Per
Zenith Bank's extraordinary 77% appreciation over four months signals a dramatic shift in sentiment toward Nigerian financial services and offers crit...
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🇿🇦 littlefish raises $9.5 million to scale its merchant
littlefish, a Cape Town-based financial technology company, has closed a $9.5 million Series A funding round, marking a significant validation of the ...
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🇿🇦 Standard Bank named Africa’s most valuable bank brand
Standard Bank Group has claimed the title of Africa's most valuable bank brand, according to a comprehensive assessment spanning over 5,000 global fin...
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🇰🇪 The Gift That Keeps on Giving
The gender finance gap in Africa represents one of the continent's most underestimated investment opportunities—and one that European asset managers h...
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🇳🇬 Wrap up release interview – General
Mastercard's announcement of a 45% expansion in its acceptance network across Africa during 2025 represents far more than a headline growth statistic....
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🇳🇬 Nigerian stocks pull back as profit-taking gains momentum
The Nigerian stock market is experiencing a pivotal moment. After a remarkable rally that pushed the NGX All-Share Index (ASI) past the symbolic 200,0...
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🇳🇬 SEC, NYSC sign MoU to promote sound investment habit
Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken a significant institutional step by formalizing a partnership with the National Youth Ser...
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🇳🇬 Blockchain entrepreneur tokenizes African gold for European
Africa's gold sector has long operated in the shadows of global finance—fragmented, opaque, and dominated by informal networks that exclude institutio...
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🇸🇳 Senegal’s hidden derivatives: Hidden debt 2.0
Senegal, long positioned as West Africa's most stable economy and a darling of international creditors, is quietly accumulating substantial off-balanc...
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