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Inside Ghana’s push to bring more banks to the stock exchange

The directive comes at a time when investor sentiment in Ghana’s equities market is slowly improving after years of economic uncertainty.

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Foreign investors’ activity on Kenya stock market slumps to 15-year low

Data from Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) shows that foreign participation in total equity turnover fell to 28.01% in September 2025, down from 31.28% in August. The last time foreign participation was this low was in August 2010, when it stood at 21.8%.

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Nigeria’s subnationals are rewiring their economies for fiscal independence

Nigeria’s subnationals are learning to earn, not just receive. They’re digitising taxes, reforming budgets, and using infrastructure policy to build fiscal resilience beyond Federal allocations.

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The operator’s playbook to payment switches in Nigeria

A practical guide for fintech founders, product leads, and payments operators navigating payment switches in Nigeria

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Why Zimbabwe missed Africa’s top 100 banks list for the second year

Zimbabwe’s exclusion stems from years of economic shocks, hyperinflation, and currency instability that have eroded the balance sheets of local banks and diminished investor confidence.

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Africa’s biggest cement maker, Dangote, hits ₦11trn market cap as shares rally

Dangote Cement Plc has seen its market capitalisation exceed the ₦11 trillion mark after its share price rose 2.42% to ₦665.0 ($0.46) on Friday, making it the second most valuable company on the NGX after BUA Foods, which is valued at ₦12.5trn ($8.58bn).

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Ten global banks that quit Africa in the past decade

Over the past decade, at least ten global banking giants — from Barclays to HSBC — have quit Africa, marking one of the most sweeping foreign retreats from the continent’s financial sector in modern history. 

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How much Nigerian Access Holdings is paying for Kenya’s National Bank

Access Holdings Plc, Nigeria’s biggest banking group by assets, will pay $109.6m (₦179.1bn) to complete the acquisition of National Bank of Kenya (NBK) from KCB Group Plc, according to its latest financial report.

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