Africa
Africa’s Mobile Revolution Drives $220 Billion Economic Surge, Sets Course for $270 Billion Digital Economy by 2030
Africa’s mobile technology sector added an estimated $220 billion to the continent’s economy in 2024 — equivalent to 7.7% of Africa’s GDP — ...
News
Nigeria: Flutterwave, Paga CEOs Celebrate Nigeria’s FATF Delisting as Catalyst for Cross-Border Payments and Economic Growth
Chief executives of leading Nigerian fintech firms, including Flutterwave and Paga, have commended Nigeria’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey ...
Nigeria
Nigerians trade $50bn in crypto, ignore capital market, says SEC
Nigeria’s capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission, has raised concerns over the growing preference of Nigerians for cryptocurrency trading over investments ...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s FATF Delisting to Spur Foreign Investments and Economic Growth — SEC DG Agama
The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Emomotimi Agama, has described Nigeria’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ...
News
South African Banks Scale Back ATMs as Digital Payments Dominate
South Africa’s banking sector is undergoing a major transformation, with traditional cash-based banking giving way to a rapidly expanding digital payment ecosystem. New ...
Egypt
Egypt: Money Fellows Crosses 8 Million Users, Processes $1.5 Billion as It Expands Egypt’s Fintech Frontier
Egyptian fintech innovator Money Fellows has reached a significant milestone, surpassing 8 million users and processing more than $1.5 billion in transactions, underscoring ...
Kenya
Kenya: Access Holdings Buys National Bank of Kenya for N179 Billion
Access Holdings has just made a big move by buying the National Bank of Kenya for N179 billion. This is a major deal ...
Regulatory
SA Crypto Exchange VALR has Received Two Key Licenses from FSCA
South Africa’s VALR has received two key licenses from FSCA, which is great news for the crypto world around here. This means the ...
Kenya
Kenya: Access Holdings to Pay $109.6 Million for National Bank of Kenya in East African Expansion Drive
Access Holdings Plc, the parent company of Nigeria’s largest bank by assets, has confirmed it will pay $109.6 million (₦179.1 billion) to acquire ...
News
Nigeria: FIRS grows tax collection to N47.39tn
The Federal Inland Revenue Service has achieved a record-breaking tax collection of N47.39tn between October 2023 and September 2025. This period is under ...
