Nigeria
Nigeria: SEC moves to tighten online forex trading rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to engage stakeholders on proposed rules for online forex trading and contracts for differences (CFDs) ...
Regulatory
Global: ECB launches Pontes to bring central bank money into tokenised finance
The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched Pontes, a new settlement solution designed to enable wholesale transactions in tokenised financial assets to be ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Poor funding, infrastructure continue to constrain agricultural lending in Nigeria — CBN
Poor funding for agricultural research and inadequate infrastructure are among the structural challenges limiting access to finance for farmers and agribusinesses in Nigeria, ...
Ghana
Ghana Finance Minister calls for deeper African tax cooperation to protect revenue
Ghana’s Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has called for stronger tax cooperation among African governments and regional institutions to protect domestic revenue ...
Ghana
Global: GRA chief calls for stronger regional tax cooperation to boost revenue mobilisation
The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, has called for stronger cooperation among African tax administrations to improve domestic ...
Regulatory
Global: SEC opens door to tokenised stock trading with five-year innovation exemption
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a five-year temporary exemption that creates a regulatory pathway for certain platforms to trade ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: BofA expects CBN to resume interest rate cuts at September MPC meeting
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) could resume monetary policy easing at its September meeting, with Bank of America (BofA) forecasting the first ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Oyedele leads six-week review of Nigeria’s tax reforms
The Federal Government has commenced a six-week review of Nigeria’s tax reforms to identify and address implementation gaps, ambiguities and unintended consequences that ...
Ghana
Ghana: Databank projects 150bps BoG policy rate cut to 12.5% in September
The Bank of Ghana’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) could reduce the policy rate by 150 basis points to 12.5% at its September 2026 ...
Ghana
Ghana: GRA says customs modernisation lifts monthly revenue from $350m to $450m without new taxes
Ghana’s tax and customs modernisation programme has increased revenue mobilisation without the introduction of new taxes or increases in existing tax rates, the ...
