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Nigeria: FIRS to Leverage Finance Act for Budget Funding
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has stated that it would use the instrumentality of the Finance Act 2021, through collaboration with taxpayers ...
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Nigeria: 9PSB CEO Calls for Targeted Content to Accelerate Nigeria’s Financial Inclusion
Branka Mracajac, the Chief Executive Officer, 9PSB, has emphasized the need to pay close attention to content creation as an important factor in driving ...
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South Africa: Vodacom invests $30.1 million in rural South Africa to drive digital inclusion
Mobile network operator Vodacom South Africa, has announced that it invested over R450 million ($30.1 million) into the network and power backup upgrades across Mpumalanga ...
Ghana
Trade Lenda: Driving Financial Inclusion and Prompt Access to Credits for MSMEs in Africa
In recent times, fintech companies and others have been on the rise with a goal to empower small businesses and Trade Lenda adds ...
Ghana
Banks wrote off ¢2.086bn as bad debt in 2021 – BoG
Banks operating in Ghana wrote off ¢2.086 billion as bad debt in 2021, a 4.7% decline over the previous year, the Domestic Money ...
Nigeria
Digital economy to generate more revenue than oil — 4DG
Nigeria as a nation will soon reach the stage where the digital economy will generate more revenue than oil, Director General of the ...
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Nigeria: CBN Opposes Fresh Anti-Money Laundering Laws
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday kicked against the plan by the Senate to enact new anti-money laundering laws without required ...
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Nigeria: Nigeria’s GDP expands further by 3.98% in Q4 2021
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.98% year-on-year in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2021, indicating a sustained positive growth ...
Ghana
Ghana: 7 state entities shortlisted to list on Ghana Stock Exchange
Deputy Managing Director of Ghana Stock Exchange, Abena Amoah, has said about 7 state-owned institutions have been shortlisted for this year’s listing on ...
Kenya
Kenya: Cellulant Receives Approval for PSSP Operations in Kenya
Central Bank of Kenya has granted Cellulant a Payment Service Provider authorisation in Kenya, enabling the company to expand its payments offering for ...