Ghana
Ghana: Asiama confirms departure from GoldBod board
Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama has disclosed that he resigned from the Board of Directors of the Ghana Gold ...
News
Nigeria’s telecom industry grapples with rising fibre cuts
Rising damage to fibre-optic infrastructure is putting increasing pressure on Nigeria’s digital economy, disrupting communications, digital payments, business operations and other services that ...
Nigeria
Global: FedNow moves towards enabling cross-border payments
The US Federal Reserve is advancing plans to enable participants in its FedNow real-time payments system to support cross-border payment transactions, potentially extending ...
Fintech
Nigeria: Remita launches mobile app to expand access to payments and financial services
Remita has launched a new mobile application designed to allow users to manage multiple bank accounts, make payments and access a range of ...
News
Nigeria: DataPro explores Africa’s roadmap to investment-grade sovereign status
Technology-driven credit rating agency, DataPro Limited, is bringing together policymakers, economists, academics and industry practitioners to examine how Nigeria and other African economies ...
Africa
Africa: AfCFTA urges payment systems, infrastructure to unlock benefits for businesses
Africa must strengthen the payment systems, border infrastructure and other systems needed to help businesses fully benefit from the African Continental Free Trade ...
Africa
Africa: Dar Ventures expands DarE to back Africa’s built-environment tech startups
Dar Ventures, the venture capital arm of design and engineering firm Dar, has partnered with Plug and Play, a global open innovation and ...
Ghana
Ghana: BoG keeps policy rate at 14% for third consecutive MPC meeting
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has maintained its monetary policy rate at 14 per cent, extending its rate hold to a third consecutive ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: NTB stop rates fall after CBN rate cut
Treasury bill stop rates fell sharply across all three maturities at Wednesday’s primary market auction, declining by between 70 and 80 basis points ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: FG cuts margin on interest for late taxes
The Federal Government has reduced the additional interest margin charged on unpaid naira-denominated taxes, linking the cost of late payment more closely to ...
