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South African microfinance firm Barko announced Thursday, October 28, that it will launch a new digital bank built on Temenos…

The African Import-Export Bank (Afreximbank) will launch a general capital increase operation (GCI) of $ 6.5 billion to finance some…

Boubacar Camara, former Director General of Senegalese Customs, has been appointed Deputy Director General of Customs in Benin. His appointment…

On October 27, 2021, the Togolese government announced that it had adopted a preliminary draft amending finance law, fiscal year…

October 25, 2021 marks a decisive step for Nigeria in the popularization of electronic payments with the launch of e-naira,…

The Bloomfield Investment Corporation rating agency has assigned Coris Holding an A + long-term and A1 short-term rating. In the…

The Union of Workers of Banks, Insurance, Financial Institutions, Microfinance and Commerce of Mali (SYNABEF) has decided to observe a…

An important decision taken on the sidelines of the Board of Directors of the Central African Securities Exchange (BVMAC) meeting…

The Agricultural Bank of Egypt (ABE) and Misr Life Insurance Company signed earlier this week an agreement whereby the bank…

United Bank for Africa (UBA) on Monday, October 25, released its audited quarterly financial results for the quarter ended September…

The Coris Group has taken the decision to suspend the rating process with WARA, the Board of Directors of the…

The United States announced, Monday, October 25, the suspension of financial assistance of 700 million dollars to the Sudanese transition,…

Electronic payments and transactions, over the past five years, have remained on an evolving curve in the countries of the…

The Nigerian bank, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, based in Lagos, announced on Monday, October 25, its partnership with Nigeria…

Mr. Thierno Seydou Nourou SY, new President of the Association of West African Banks (ABAO), continues to implement his strategy…

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to Africa grew 16% to $ 23 billion. Sub-Saharan Africa’s share is estimated at $…

The Board of Directors of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ACA) reappointed Guy M’Bengue, Managing Director of APEX-CI (association of…

WAEMU’s first 100% digital bank has a new Managing Director, Cameroonian John Mokom. Chartered accountant with the State of Michigan,…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will launch the eNaira on Monday (October 25th) from the presidential villa of Aso Rock in…...

Originally scheduled for October 1, the launch of the e-Naira, the electronic version of the Nigerian currency, is scheduled for…

Driven economically by its mining sector which represents 90% of its exports, and which almost caused a major global aluminum…

The price of Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC), the company that carries Donald Trump’s social network, soared on Friday morning…

The largest African IPO, on the New York Stock Exchange, has lived. Introduced on October 14 through the sale of…...

Africa REN, a pioneer of renewable energies in Africa, announces that it has launched the construction of the Kodeni Solar…

Trade finance deals to drive African SME growth The African Development Bank has laid out plans to support the growth…

Climate change must be our greatest priority in disaster risk reduction space Africa must build resilience proactively if it is…

The Tunisian Dinar (DT) discovers the virtues of feminism, the Naira plays mountaineer, the Cedi still recovering, the Rand under…

African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina has said that a concerted effort to change the narrative on Africa…

The Ghanaian Cedi gorges itself on cocoa, the Tanzanian Shilling carried by an innovative president, the Zimbabwe dollar rebels, the…

In this weekly column on African currencies, experts from AZA, the largest non-bank currency broker in Africa, with a transaction…