🇳🇬 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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🇰🇪 Investors undervalue banks despite increased earnings
East African banks are experiencing a curious paradox: robust earnings growth coupled with persistent valuation discounts that suggest institutional i...
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🇰🇪 Kenya's Public Finance Crisis Meets Private Sector
Kenya's economic landscape presents a striking contradiction that should concern European investors and entrepreneurs with exposure to the region: whi...
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🇰🇪 How Equity Bank became region's most profitable company
Equity Bank's transformation from a traditional lender into a diversified financial-technology powerhouse represents one of Africa's most significant ...
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🇳🇬 Nigeria’s net domestic credit declined 6.9% to N109trn
Nigeria's financial system is experiencing a significant contraction in domestic credit availability, with Net Domestic Credit (NDC) declining 6.9% ye...
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🇳🇬 Personal pension plan to change face of small businesses
Nigeria's financial sector is entering a critical inflection point. Two recent developments—the rollout of the Personal Pension Plan (PPP) for informa...
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🇪🇹 Too many banks, too little scale
Ethiopia's financial sector stands at a critical inflection point. With over 16 commercial banks competing in a market of 120 million people, the sect...
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