The African Development Bank (AfDB) brought together more than 180 stakeholders across the off-grid energy sector, in the context of “Energy Week” at the Bank’s headquarters...
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a leading Pan-African multilateral development finance institution and project developer, has announced that Dr Sarah Alade, its Chairman, representing the Central Bank...
The Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted a national license as a Wholesale Development Finance Institution to the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) Plc. As...
Nigeria plans to sell 234.89 billion naira ($765.99 million) of short-dated treasury bills at an auction on April 6, the central bank said on Wednesday. The...
On my way to the Pinet eInsurance conference hosted in Lagos last week, I asked myself a question. What does insurance have to do with telecom...
Merchant service provider, Kopo Kopo, announced their partnership with Mastercard to roll out Masterpass QR across 11 markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, impacting over 250,000 micro and...
The improving sentiment towards the Nigerian economy was dealt a heavy blow in March following reports of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) warning of a potential...
A new poll has revealed that 41 percent of respondents are aware of the recent circulation of counterfeit currencies (also known as fake Naira notes) in...
Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS) has said total volume of Instant Payment (NIP) transactions recorded 154.5 million with value of N38.2 trillion in 2016. This...
Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said that financial education remains of great importance to the bank, until financial services becomes affordable to...