Contributory Pension Assets Increased to N14.9 trillion.
The total assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme rose by N1.56tn in 2022, according to figures obtained from…
Classera Generates $40 Million Funds And Plans to Expand in Africa
The largest Series 'A' investment in EdTech history for an unfunded startup was successfully completed by…
Baker McKenzie Appoints Partners for its Corporate Practice in Africa.
Three renowned transactional attorneys have joined the Johannesburg office of a major international law firm,…
AfricInvest Purchases a Small Investment in Justrite.
An African private equity company, AfricInvest, has acquired a small share in the Justrite supermarket chain in…
ECOWAS Adopts New Regulations for the Regional Electricity Market.
The Economic Community of West African States Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority has approved critical…
The Kenyan Central Bank Maintains its Benchmark Lending Rate at 8.75%.
The monetary policy committee of Kenya's central bank maintained the country's benchmark lending rate at 8.75%,…
Central Bank of Nigeria Recovers N1.9 trillion Following Naira Redesign.
The United Nations has said the Nigerian economy will grow to three percent in 2023 because of robust commodities…
IMF Forecasts 3.2% Economic Growth in Nigeria.
According to the International Monetary Fund, actions taken to alleviate insecurity in the oil sector will cause…
The CBN Has Agreed To Extend Exchanging Old Naira Notes By Ten Days.
CBN governor Godwin Emefiele in a statement said the new deadline is February 10, 2023. Emefiele made the…
India’s Adani Dollar Bonds Hit Lowest Since November.
Dollar bonds issued by subsidiaries of the Indian conglomerate Adani Group fell after a scathing report by a…
Banks’ Percentage of Consumer Loans Reaches 29.13%.
By the end of December 2022, the maximum loan rate in the banking industry was 29.13% while the return on savings…
Ghana Agrees to a Domestic Debt Swap in a Deal with Insurers.
Ghana has made progress toward finishing its initiative, a crucial component in reestablishing economic stability…
EU Allocates $102.5 million for Humanitarian Aid to Nigeria and other Countries
According to the European Union, the humanitarian aid of €102.5 million will support Nigeria and other nations in…
United States Denies Access to People who are “undermining” Nigerian…
Prior to this year's elections in Nigeria, the US announced that it is limiting entrance to those "believed to be…
Nigeria: FG Allots N1.2tn for CBN Debt Servicing.
According to research, the Federal Government intends to spend N1.2 trillion servicing the loans it received from…
Nigeria Introduces a Domestic Card Program in an Effort to go Cashless.
Nigeria's central bank unveiled a domestic card program to compete with global cards like Mastercard and…
Adani Group, Owned By World’s Third Richest Man, Has Been Accused Of Account…
The shares of the Indian conglomerate Adani Group plummeted on Wednesday morning after activist investing company…
Federal Government of Nigeria Seeks Collaboration On Gas and Electric Trains
The Federal Government has disclosed that it was in talks with investors on how to power Nigeria's trains with…
A Microsoft Cloud Outage Affects Users Globally.
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) was hit with a networking outage that took down its cloud platform Azure along with…
The NPC has Begun Training for the 2023 Census.
The National Population Commission has begun training functionaries for the 2023 population and housing census,…
Nigeria: Crisis Looms as Interest Rate Hikes.
Members of the country's organized private sector have called the latest increase in the country's benchmark…
CBN Disburses N114.17 billion Under the 100-for-100 Policy.
Since the start of the intervention, the Central Bank of Nigeria has disbursed N114.17 billion to beneficiaries…
Bank Lending to Customers Reaches 29.13%.
As of the end of December 2022, the maximum lending rate in the banking sector was 29.13 percent, while savings…
Stock Investors Lose N24 billion as Lending Rates Rise.
The Nigerian stock market reacted sharply to the interest rate hike, with market capitalisation rapidly falling in…
Dangote Cement Appoints New CEO.
Arvind Pathak has been appointed as the new Chief Executive and Managing Director of Dangote Cement Plc. The new…
Mafab has Launched its 5G Network.
Following Mafab Communications' rollout of 5G services in Abuja, fifth-generation technology penetration is…
3M to Lay off 2,500 Workers and Forecasts a Weak First Quarter as Demand Falls.
3M Co (MMM. N) said it would lay off 2,500 workers in manufacturing and forecast a bleak first quarter as the U.S.…
CBN Promotes e-payments Ahead of Deadline for New Naira Notes.
As the Central Bank of Nigeria's deadline for the old and new currency notes on January 31, 2023 approaches, the…
Bank of Ghana Plans to Raise Interest Rates by 175 Basis Points.
The Bank of Ghana, which is grappling with runaway inflation, is expected to deliver another significant interest…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has increased interest rates to 17.5%.
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has voted to increase the benchmark interest rate by…