The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it wants to eliminate fees on transactions below ₦5,000 ($3.68) and reduce charges on mid-tier payments to drop the cost of cashless payments.
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Airtel Money, Kenya’s second-largest mobile money wallet, has integrated with Absa Bank Kenya, giving small businesses a way to move money between mobile wallets and bank accounts without the manual steps that often delay settlement.
A draft Financial Consumer Protection Framework released in March 2026 would require lenders to assess and document a borrower’s ability to repay before issuing a loan.
Amara Uyanna left Lagos with one goal: run a global oil company. A summer internship in the Niger Delta changed everything. What followed was a decade of reinvention across oil fields, newsrooms, fintech startups, and energy-tech operations in four continents.
The serious push into stablecoins, B2B payment rails, futures, and more complex financial products accelerated from 2023 onward to diversify income beyond the volatile retail cycle. Recently, that strategy has become more pronounced.
TaxStreem is an AI-powered tax calculation and computation tool that a tool that sits directly on top of a business’s financial activity.
Lua provides a platform that allows organisations to create and deploy autonomous agents that can handle multi-step workflows such as customer onboarding, loan processing and claims management.
Nigeria’s shift to a new internet standard comes as demand for data continues to surge.
Chiira was born in central Kenya with brittle bone disease, a condition that meant fractures, surgeries, and long hospital visits from as early as two weeks old. But his story, like many that seem defined by limitation, bends instead toward possibility.