Nigeria
CBN seeks active involvement of financial sector in AfCFTA
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has called for the active participation of the financial sector in the African Continental Free Trade Area ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Payhippo to scale up Loans to Small Businesses following pre-seed round
Payhippo has secured $1 million in pre-seed funding and plans to step up where banks aren’t servicing – loans to small businesses. Payhippo’s pre-seed ...
Africa
Ukheshe Technologies announces boostXB joint venture with ForexPeople
Leading fintech enablement partner, Ukheshe Technologies has confirmed the establishment of a new joint venture with ForexPeople, one of South Africa’s most trusted ...
Kenya
Kenya: KDIC Rolls Out Banks’ Risk-Based Premium Model After One-Year Suspension
Kenya has rolled out the risk-based insurance premium model for commercial banks after a one-year suspension due to the Covid-19 crisis. The Kenya ...
Africa
Bolt focused on cementing its position in Africa with the latest Strategy
Bolt is doing something similar to what Safaricom did in Kenya two decades ago (It is also looking to repeat it in Ethiopia). ...
South Africa
South Africa: Vodacom boosts financial inclusion with VodaPay Super App launch
Vodacom has launched its VodaPay Super App which is set to be a game changer for driving financial inclusion and economic growth in ...
Nigeria
Herbert Wigwe emerges African banker of year second time, consecutively
The Group Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank PLC, Herbert Wigwe, has been recognised as the African Banker of the Year at the 2021 ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Insurance sector contracted by 2.08% in Q1 – NBS reports
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS’) latest report read that the insurance sector contracted by 2.08 per cent in the first quarter of ...
Nigeria
Mastercard SME Confidence Index says 81% of SMEs in Nigeria are optimistic about the next 12 months
After facing unprecedented changes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) confidence in Nigeria is on the rise, ...
Kenya
Kenya locks out borrowers with multiple mobile loans
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya will lock out borrowers with multiple digital loans from its mobile lending app that will be unveiled in the coming ...