Africa
Driving Financial Inclusion for African Farmers
More than half of the population of sub-Saharan Africa works in the agriculture sector, but most farmers in the region still do not ...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 13.7%, highest in 30 months
Nigeria’s inflation rose to 13.7 per cent in September, hitting its highest level since its 13.34 per cent rate of March 2018. The ...
Ghana
How Ghana’s New Digital Finance Policy Can Drive Women’s Inclusion
Ghana made waves earlier this year when it launched the world’s first digital financial services (DFS) policy, building on the past five years of ...
Nigeria
National Identity Number to be mandatory for accessing government services and interventions – Pantami
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), has challenged the National Identity Management, NIMC to ensure a 500% ...
Nigeria
NIGERIA – Paxful strengthens Crypto transactions with addition of Naira token
Global peer-to-peer crypto marketplace Paxful partnered with BuyCoins as part of its localization efforts to add Naira token (NGNT), a Naira pegged stablecoin, ...
Nigeria
Nigerian insurance industry’s asset rises to N1.8tn
The Nigerian insurance industry’s assets rose from N1.61tn at the end of the 2019 financial year to N1.8tn in June 2020. The Central ...
Liberia
Consumers and phone companies upset over rising mobile bills in Liberia
Liberia, one of Africa’s smallest economies, has seen a rapid growth in mobile users over the last decade, but its regulators are ...
Nigeria
Tech Innovation Will Spur Digital Transformation – NITDA
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Abdullahi Kashifu Inuwa has challenged technology innovators to do the unexpected in the ...
Nigeria
Imperatives of the CBN’s drive for expansion of financial inclusion delivery channels
In line with it’s medium term programme the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, is set to roll out strategies to bridge the ...
Nigeria
FINANCIAL INCLUSION: CBN plans to eliminate gender gap by 2024
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said it will eliminate gender gaps in financial inclusion by 2024 using its latest released framework ...