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Baobab Nigeria Acquisition Yields 3x Return for Alitheia and Goodwell Investments
Baobab, a global financial services group managing over $900 million in its loan portfolio, has fully acquired its Nigerian subsidiary, Baobab Nigeria. This ...
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Nigeria: First Bank Disburses ₦700 Billion to SMEs in 2024, Plans Multi-Trillion Naira Investment by 2025
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has reaffirmed its commitment to small businesses, announcing plans to invest trillions of Naira in the sector by ...
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Visa Inc. to Launch Data Centre in Nigeria, Strengthening Digital Economy
Visa Inc. has announced plans to establish a data centre in Nigeria as part of its expanding investment in the country. The announcement ...
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Kenya: Airtel Money Expands Market Share as M-PESA Sees Fifth Consecutive Decline
Kenya’s mobile money landscape is undergoing a significant shift as M-PESA experiences its fifth consecutive quarterly decline in market share. Increased competition from ...
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Nigeria: Quidax Expands cNGN Stablecoin Adoption Amid Nigeria’s Evolving Crypto Regulations
Nigerian cryptocurrency exchange Quidax has integrated support for cNGN, the country’s first regulated stablecoin pegged to the naira. This development, following Busha’s earlier ...
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IHS Towers Expands Market Leadership with Renewed Airtel, MTN Contracts
IHS Towers has reinforced its position as a leading telecom infrastructure provider in Africa, securing long-term contract renewals with MTN and Airtel Nigeria. ...
News
Nigeria Secures $14bn Investment from India and €250m from the Netherlands
During a recent ministerial press briefing in Abuja, Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar announced that Nigeria has attracted a significant $14 billion investment ...
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Nigeria: CBN’s Sustained FX Interventions Ease Naira Pressure
The Nigerian naira saw a slight depreciation against the US dollar across the foreign exchange (FX) market as the Central Bank of Nigeria ...
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Nigeria: BOI Unveils ₦10bn GLOW Fund to Boost Female Entrepreneurship
The Bank of Industry (BOI) has introduced the Project Guaranteed Loans for Women (GLOW) initiative, a ₦10 billion special intervention fund aimed at ...
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Nigeria: FIRS Collaborates with Flutterwave to Digitize Tax Collection
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has integrated Flutterwave’s payment technology to modernize tax collection, marking a significant step toward digitizing Nigeria’s tax ...