Nigeria
Nigeria: CMOs to Pay Regulatory Fee on Bonds in 2022, Says SEC
Capital Market Operators (CMOs) will from Jan. 1 begin payment of regulatory fees on bonds for secondary market transactions, the Securities and Exchange ...
Nigeria
Basel III: Most Nigerian Banks Will Meet Capital, Liquidity Target –Fitch
Fitch Ratings has expressed confidence that most Nigerian banks will meet higher capital and liquidity requirements given a healthy metric in the sector. ...
Regulatory
Uganda: BoU to Issue Guidelines On Green Financing
Uganda’s central bank will soon rollout guidelines for green financing to support small and medium and enterprises as the country strives to achieve ...
Africa
Senegal regulator fines underperforming operators
Senegal’s telecom regulator ARTP, has slapped fines amounting to about XOF 20.284 billion (EUR 31 million) on three mobile network operators Sonatel (Orange), ...
Global
Global: Bank of England calls for global tightening of crypto regulation
The Bank of England (BOE) said on Monday that regulatory and legal frameworks for crypto-assets would have to be ramped up both domestically ...
Regulatory
South Africa’s financial regulator plans to introduce framework aimed at protecting vulnerable crypto investors: Report
The commissioner of South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority, Unathi Kamlana, has reportedly said the government’s rollout of a crypto framework would be ...
Regulatory
Bank of Tanzania gives ‘all-clear’ to fourth bureau de change
The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has awarded a licence to a fourth bureau de change since closure of most of them in 2018. ...
Regulatory
Uganda tops Africa in Electricity Regulation – AfDB
For the fourth consecutive year, Uganda’s electricity sector is Africa’s best regulated across a number of key metrics, according to the African Development ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Sterling Bank Obtains AIP for Standalone Islamic Banking Licence
Sterling Bank Plc has informed the Nigerian Exchange and investing public that the tier-2 lender has gotten approval –in principle from the Central ...
Kenya
Kenya: Digital lenders have six months to acquire license
Kenya’s president signs new law to police digital lenders, apps have six months to apply for licenses Getting loans in banks can be ...