Nigeria
Nigeria’s Global Fintech Ranking Plummets to 57th, Lagos falls to 93rd
The 2021 Global Fintech Ranking indicated a fall in Nigeria’s Rank to 57th from 52nd despite its “highest number of fintech startups in ...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s payment system is ready for the AfCFTA – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has boasted of having a resilient payment system that is more than ready for the African Continental ...
Nigeria
NIRSAL guarantees N266.97b bank loans in five years
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Plc has guaranteed N266.97 billion ($648 million) bank loans to different agriculture-focused companies ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
Nigeria
Nigeria sets up online portal to link 10 million farmers’ information with their farmlands
The Federal Government has revealed that it has set up an online portal for farmers to ensure efficient and effective monitoring of its ...
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Nigeria: Galaxy Backbone, Datasixth Partner to Deliver Cybersecurity Service
Galaxy Backbone, the government agency responsible for delivering connectivity services to public and private organisations, has partnered DataSixth Consulting to offer cybersecurity as ...
