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The move reflects a broader shift among Nigerian fintechs that are increasingly acquiring microfinance banking licences to gain direct access to deposits and cheaper capital.
It seems likely that most of the continent will leapfrog new debit and credit cards and go straight to digital payments.
Nigerian fintechs have been steadily moving into areas once monopolised by banks and hoovering up new customers along the way.
[Premium Times] Mr Umoru says those planned for recruitment included soldiers, officials of the State Security Service (SSS) and Julius Berger staff.
Proparco and Ecobank Group have strengthened their long-standing partnership with a new agreement aimed at scaling financing for agricultural value chains and expanding support for women-led businesses across Africa, with a target of mobilising up to EUR 300 million over the next three years.
Ecobank Group and AGRA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to scale investment in African agribusiness, with a focus on de-risking agricultural lending, expanding access to finance for smallholders and SMEs, and accelerating opportunities for women and youth across climate-resilient value chai
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, May 21 -- Somalia's federal government on Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to protecting the country's unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, while condemning plans by the northwestern Somaliland region to open what it described as an "embassy" in Jerusalem.