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Nigeria’s APP fraud crisis forces liability rethink for user-authorised scams

The CBN’s new APP fraud draft rules shift liability across Nigeria’s payment system, introducing mandatory refunds, stricter timelines and Board-level oversight.

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Inside the machinery of financial fraud in Nigeria

Nigeria’s fraud problem is deeper and more systemic than most admit. This analysis explores the loopholes, collusion networks and infrastructure gaps enabling financial crime.

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Agriculture posts strong rebound, reclaims position as Nigeria’s largest GDP driver in Q3

The latest GDP figures arrive as Nigeria faces growing US pressure to tackle its security crisis, which continues to disrupt key sectors, including agriculture.

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Nigeria is the only profit loser among Access Holdings’ 15 African banking units

The group’s half-year financials shows that while Access Nigeria’s profits plunged, its African peers—from Ghana to Rwanda and Mozambique—posted robust growth, helping rebalance the group’s earnings base.

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Target Yield: A structured path to disciplined investing in Nigeria

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Why more Nigerians are choosing Credit Direct to invest their money

In Nigeria’s fast-evolving financial ecosystem, one persistent challenge continues to…

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Target Yield: A structured path to disciplined investing in Nigeria

Target Yield offers Nigerians a disciplined goal-driven investment structure with…

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Why more Nigerians are choosing Credit Direct to invest their money

In Nigeria’s fast-evolving financial ecosystem, one persistent challenge continues to…

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Senegal’s mobile money tax risks reversing a decade of digital inclusion gains

The proposed levy may reshape Senegal’s fast-growing payments ecosystem, with experts warning of lower digital usage, weaker agent activity and a potential return to cash.

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Ghana cuts rate to near 4-year low as inflation holds within target

The BoG’s latest decision aligns strongly with market expectations and reflects the bank’s confidence that price growth will remain contained in the near term.

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Mauritius overtakes Nigeria in private equity crown as deals quadruple to $1.25bn

Despite recording six transactions, the island nation attracted the highest deal value on the continent (excluding South Africa), with private equity inflows surging by 311.3% to $1.25bn in the first nine months of this year—the highest in three years—from $38.9m.

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Can Ethiopia’s young stock market hit nine-IPO target as 2025 ends?

Ten months ago, Ethiopia’s first stock exchange opened to applause. Today, the applause has softened into calculation. Only three listings stand where nine were promised for 2025, raising a bigger question than timing: why isn’t the pipeline filling?

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