News
Nigeria: Supreme Court Cancels Naira Redesign Policy, Okay Use of Old Notes
Market pressures expect to ease as the Supreme Court on Friday (March 3, 2023) ordered that old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes remain ...
Cameroon
Cameroon officially adopts the electronic visa
Announced since July 2022, the launch of the dematerialized procedure for obtaining the travel document has been delayed. Its implementation seems to be ...
Ghana
Ghana: Urgent action required to address early distress signs in banks – BoG
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Ernest Addison, has enjoined boards and shareholders of banks and other deposit-taking institutions to act quickly to ...
Africa
Africa: Big Tech on notice as regulators in Africa group to investigate their market conduct
Several competition watchdogs in Africa plan to collectively interrogate the market conduct of global digital firms, putting big techs firms like Google and Meta, ...
News
Nigeria: Only 24% of Nigeria Central Bank’s Anchor Borrowers Loan Repaid – IMF
The IMF, however, said the weak effect of agricultural credit on production growth could be associated with difficulties in targeting the right recipients ...
News
Uganda: African Development Bank Concludes 2023 Insurer Roadshow to Mobilize Private Capital for Africa
The Co-Financing, Syndications and Client Solutions department of the African Development Bank Group has met with London-based insurers to galvanize continued support of ...
Kenya
Kenya: Six Banks Take Up Safaricom’s SIM Swap Anti-Fraud Solution
Safaricom has announced that it has signed up six banks to its SIM-Swap-Check Anti-fraud solution. The solution provides banks with an API (Application ...
News
Nigeria: FirstBank Reinforces Commitment to Women Empowerment
Tier-1 lender, First Bank of Nigeria says it plans to dedicate the month of March to celebrating women across the world, Mrs Folake ...
Regulatory
Tunisia: The Startup Act 2.0 will soon be introduced in Tunisia.
The Startup Act 2.0 project will debut in Tunisia. An updated version of the Startup Act project that offers more ways to emphasize ...
Kenya
Kenya: Flutterwave was exonerated of money laundering accusations in Kenya.
Kenyan Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) has dropped money laundering charges against Flutterwave, an African fintech unicorn. This means that KSh6.6 billion (about $51 ...