Innovation
Nigeria: StanChart Launches Agent Banking Service
Standard Chartered launched its agent banking service as part of its digital banking proposition to clients across Lagos. The event kicked off with ...
News
Nigeria’s Green Bond Market Surpasses N55 Billion
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) says the value of the country’s green bonds market has grown to N55.52 billion in four years, from 2017 ...
News
Nigeria: Wema Bank named 2021 Most Innovative Digital Bank in Nigeria by Digital Banker Africa
Honours continue to roll in for Nigeria’s leading digitally-driven financial institution, Wema Bank, following its announcement as the winner of the ‘Most Innovative ...
News
Nigeria: AfDB approves $210 million loan to unlock agriculture sector potential
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the sum of $210 million in loans for Nigeria to impact the lives of millions of ...
Intelligence
Nigeria: FG may extend NIN-SIM linkage deadline again, records 35% enrolment target
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has disclosed that as of December 10, 2021, over 70 million unique national ...
News
Nigeria: Basel III-Shareholders to See Dividend Cut as Banks Scramble for Funding
With the Basel III accord implementation, Nigerian banks are more likely to reduce their appetites for creating credits and dividend payout may not ...
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Nigeria: Finance Bill 2021-Our Tax System Must Work for Every Nigerian – FIRS
The 2021 Finance Bill must be tailored towards enabling an efficient tax system that works for every Nigerian, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) ...
Innovation
Nigeria: GIGM dive into financial services space
Nigeria’s GIGM makes super-app play with new e-wallet and bills payment service. What do you call a situation where a business that does ...
News
Nigeria: Govt Finance Bill seeks to make Amazon, others VAT collectors
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said the proposed amendment to the Finance Act will ensure that Amazon ...
News
Ghana is 8th biggest economy in Africa with size of $72.4bn – World Bank
Ghana’s is the 8th biggest economy in Africa, according to the World Bank’s latest report dubbed “African countries with the highest Gross Domestic ...