Africa
Africa: AfDB Plans Private Capital Raise to Drive Lending Programme
African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has announced plans to accelerate private capital mobilisation to the African continent in line with its 2023 lending ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Nigeria: Diaspora Enrollment Exercise Increases by 563% says NIMC
According to the National Identity Management Commission, the number of Nigerians living abroad who had National Identification Numbers increased by 563.57% from 55,181 ...
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Togo: Jeremy Awori Assumes Office as Ecobank Group CEO
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African banking group, has announced that Jeremy Awori has officially ...
