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Nigeria: Godwin Emefiele Resumes Duty ahead of MPC Meeting
Gowdiw Emefiele, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), resumed duty at the apex bank’s headquarters in Abuja on Monday (January ...
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Nigeria: Wema Bank Goes Live on KACHASI Trade Finance Software
Union Systems Limited has announces that Wema Bank Limited, a leading financial services provider, has gone live on its Kachasi Trade Finance Software ...
Africa
Africa: Elon Musk’s Starlink company announces launch of services in 23 African countries in 2023
In 2021, Starlink began negotiations with the authorities of certain African countries in order to obtain the necessary authorizations to provide its satellite ...
Ghana
Ghana: Cedi depreciation due to pressure on economy – BoG Governor
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, has indicated that the pressure on the Ghanaian economy is the reason behind ...
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Nigeria: FCCPC Boss Explains Inability to Resolve Bank Customers’ Complaints
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Council (FCCPC), Mr. Babatunde Irukera has said the ...
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Nigeria: CBN to unearth hidden account, business owners
BANKS and other financial institutions are required to identify, verify and keep adequate records of the real beneficial owners of business accounts and ...
Kenya
Kenyan fintech Kwara doubles client base and secures $3M in funding for expansion
Kwara, a Kenyan fintech company that specializes in digitizing credit unions (saccos), has more than doubled its client base in the past year ...
Africa
Africa: An All-Time High of $5.3 billion was raised by African startups in 2022.
In 2022, African start-ups raised a record US$5.3 billion. However, that may be the peak because the funding pool is getting smaller as ...
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Tanzania Takes Tentative Steps to CBDC Adoption
The Bank of Tanzania is cautiously readying a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The country’s central bank said it will “continue to monitor, ...
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Nigeria: NITDA- Kashifu Inuwa Receives Forbes’ Africa Outstanding Corporate Governance CEO Award
It was a night of glowing tributes forKashifu Inuwa, the Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), as Forbes Magazine recognised him ...