Nigeria
Nigeria: CBN Releases Guidelines to Representative Offices of Foreign Banks in Nigeria
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued an exposure draft of regulatory requirements for the licensing and operations of approved representative offices ...
Ghana
Ghana: Ghana’s Vice President Commends SECs Of Ghana And Nigeria
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has commended the Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) of Ghana and Nigeria for successes chalked in building the ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Explore opportunities in capital market, SEC urges investors
Investors in Nigeria have been urged to explore the various opportunities available in the capital market in a bid to grow their businesses, ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: CBN grants Xpress payments mobile money licence
A subsidiary of Xpress Holdings Limited, Xpress Payments, has been granted a mobile money operator licence by the Central Bank of Nigeria. According ...
Kenya
Kenya: M-Shwari Set to Be Run as Different Company from Safaricom, NCBA
M-Shwari, which is owned by lender NCBA and telco Safaricom is set to become a standalone company in the coming days. This development ...
Global
Global: Adani Data Networks gets licence for full fledged telecom services
Adani Data Network has been granted unified licence for access services, which enables it to provide all telecom services in the country, according ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: CBN to Suspend Sale of Polaris Bank, According to Lawmakers
Lawmakers have directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately suspend the sale of Polaris Bank Plc. The House of Representatives ruled ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: NAICOM Approves Sanlam Insurance Underwriting Agric. Business
Sanlam General Insurance Nigeria Ltd. has secured the approval of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) to underwrite agricultural business risks. The Managing Director ...
Global
Global: EU regulators group against big tech paying for telco infrastructure
A group of European telecom regulators does not support the idea of having big tech firms such as Google and Netflix paying for ...
Global
Global: UAE fintech start-up Mamo receives regulatory approval
The approval will allow Mamo to operate from the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC), a financial hub for the Middle East, Africa and ...