Africa’s economic performance is showing signs of improvement but remains vulnerable to global shocks, according to the 2025 Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) report released by the African ...

The journey toward financial inclusion begins with trust. For individuals unfamiliar with formal financial systems, having ...

Affinity Africa announces it has raised US$8 million in an oversubscribed Seed Round led by Grazia Equity and BACKED VC to accelerate its mission of delivering affordable and accessible financial ...

The programme focuses on equipping entrepreneurs in the townships with the tools they need to build sustainable ...

Through the potential of agency banking, we can create more inclusive financial ecosystems that fuel long-term growth and ...

A growing crop of Nigeria-born startups are offering US-based bank accounts to freelance workers and businesses in a move to ...

The NBE has issued a circular letter dated February 5, 2025, providing a temporary waiver until December 2026 for Ethiopian-born foreign nationals residing abroad to access banking services without ...

The removal of processing fees is an integral part of the bank’s Sero processing Fee initiative. Per the terms of the ...

By Daniel OFOLIQUAYE, ACIB Imagine walking into a bank branch in 2040 where humanoid robots and AI-driven kiosks efficiently process transactions in seconds. In such a world, where does the ...

With this initiative, all qualifying SME Merchants can now receive payments at zero cost, allowing them to reduce operational ...

Fitch Ratings has said that Nigerian banks are making significant progress in raising core capital to meet new paid-in ...

While still a work in progress, blockchain technology in the 2020s offers advantages over conventional financial systems as ...