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Nigeria: Financial Inclusion Key to Nigeria’s Economic Growth – 9PSB CEO
For SMEs to effectively grow and contribute to the economy, access to finance is key to drive growth and expansion. And to provide ...
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Nigeria: Rack Centre Becomes the first IFC EDGE Certified Data Centre in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Rack Centre, an Actis majority owned data centre and the leading carrier-neutral Tier III data centre in West Africa, has become the first International Finance Corporation ...
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Nigeria: CBN Charges Banks to Cut Charges to Attract Millennials, Gen-Z
To attract millennials and Gen-Z, who form the larger part of the country’s population, into the financial sector, the Central Bank of Nigeria ...
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Nigeria: Telecoms sector’s FDI falls to $417.5b in 2021 as operators earn N3.2tr
Telecommunications operators, comprising GSM, Fixed Telephony Operators (Fixed/ Fixed Wireless); Internet Service Providers (ISPs); Value Added Service (VAS); Collocation and Infrastructure Sharing and ...
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Nigeria: Despite negative yield, investors oversubscribe CBN’s June 2022 T-Bills by 527%
Nigeria’s high inflation rate has permitted the presence of Negative yield in the Fixed Income market. Nonetheless, the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) ...
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Nigeria: Transforming Dispute-Resolution Process in Banks Require Blockchain Technology – Appzone Co-founder Uche Elendu
With the increased rate of fraud and dispute claims between customers and financial institutions across Nigeria, Uche Elendu, Co-founder and COO of Appzone has made the ...
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Nigeria: UK’s Fintech Company, Ceviant, Launches Operations in Nigeria
Ceviant, the UK-based fintech platform offering transformative cash management solutions for emerging market businesses, announced it has launched in its first emerging market, ...
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Nigeria: Nigerian Fintech Startup to Benefit from Mastercard Open Banking Program
Mono, a Nigerian startup that helps connect consumers’ bank accounts to financial applications, will be part of the Start Path Open Banking global program, ...
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Nigeria: Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund invests in Nigerian startup, CredPal
Egypt-based VC fund, the Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund (CASF), has invested an undisclosed amount in the Nigerian fintech startup, CredPal. The CASF funding ...
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Nigeria: CBN Develops Framework to Boost Non-Oil Export
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it had developed a comprehensive non-oil export optimisation framework, which would be launched at its maiden ...