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The Qatar National Bank (QNB) group announced that it has received official approval from the Central Bank of Egypt to…...

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has decided to lower its benchmark rate for the eighth consecutive meeting, reducing it…...

Kenya has converted a $5 billion railway loan from China into yuan, aiming to reduce its annual interest costs by…...

The Burkina Faso Council of Ministers adopted five decrees on October 2, 2025, marking a decisive step in the reform…...

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has had its long-term issuer credit rating confirmed at A3 by Moody’s Ratings for the eleventh…...

In twelve months, from June 2024 to June 2025, the total outstanding Treasury securities increased from 6,871.7 billion CFA francs…...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a new set of guidelines on Monday, October 6, regulating the operations…...

Kenya is preparing to establish two strategic funds to boost its economic development, announced President William Ruto. In order to…...

In a note published by Moody’s Investors Service, the credit rating agency warns that the recent decision by the Central…...

In Congo, the 2026 Finance Bill provides for the disappearance of the Personal Income Tax (IRPP), deemed “complex and prone…...

Lomé, October 3, 2025 – The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) has updated the list of financial institutions…

A few days before the opening of the Invest in Senegal 2025 Forum, scheduled for October 7th and 8th in…...

According to information obtained by Financial Afrik, no recapitalization or sale file has yet been officially submitted to the Central…

The Ivorian government adopted, on Wednesday, October 1st, a set of major measures aimed at modernizing and strengthening the retirement…

The Casablanca Stock Exchange has reported an “exceptional” first half of 2025, with a 48.2% increase in consolidated profits of…...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lowered its benchmark rate to 27%, marking its first reduction in five years.…...

The life insurance sector in Namibia recorded an increase in its results in 2024. According to the 2025 annual report…...

On October 1, 2025, the Public Treasury of Mali raised an amount of 37.626 billion CFA francs (67.727 million dollars)…...

The outstanding loans granted by the Decentralized Financial Systems (SFD) of the West African Monetary Union (UMOA) recorded a 2.4%…...

Munich, October 2, 2025 – As part of its preparatory work for the introduction of the digital euro, the European…...

The Senegalese National Electricity Company (SENELEC) announced on Wednesday, October 1st, that it has issued a bond of 120 billion…...

Lomé, Togo, 29 September 2025 — The Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), during…

Ivory Coast made a big splash on the regional financial market by raising 110 billion CFA francs (198 million USD)…...

Sanlam Morocco is not immune to the restructuring climate that is shaking up the Moroccan insurance market. By the end…...

Sanlam Morocco is not immune to the restructuring climate shaking up the Moroccan insurance market. By the end of June…...

September 30, 2025 marks a historic milestone for the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). On this date, the…...

Dakar, Senegal – The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) officially launched, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, a financial…...

The State of Guinea Bissau raised on September 29, 2025, on the financial market of the West African Monetary Union…...

Banque Atlantique, a subsidiary of the pan-African Group Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP), officially launched the Coffee-Cocoa 2025-2026 campaign during a…

By Serge KOUAMELAN, Executive Director APBEF-CI. Sending money from a bank to a mobile wallet, or from one telecommunication operator…