Pastel, a Nigerian bookkeeping and digital platform for merchants, on Monday secured a $5.5M seed fund. The seed round was led by pan-African venture capital firm TLcom Capital and included …
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Nigeria’s Inflation surges to 19.64%, the highest since 2005
Nigeria’s inflation rate in the month of July 2022 rose to a 17-year high of 19.64%. This compares to 18.6% recorded in the previous month of June 2022. The latest …
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Binance hires South African Country boss
Binance has hired former HSBC South Africa global banking head Hannes Wessels to lead its South African operations. Wessels has been at HSBC for 22 years, serving in senior executive …
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FRA approves EGX’s proposal to correct trading violations
The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has approved a proposal from the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) to expand the use of the reverse execution mechanism, along with other mechanisms, to correct trading …
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E-cedi will not affect MoMo business, says Bank Of Ghana
The Bank of Ghana has assured that its quest to implement the digital currency, also known as the e-cedi, will not disrupt or collapse the mobile money (MoMo) system. According …
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Federal Government of Nigeria inaugurates team to tackle gas flaring
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) at the weekend inaugurated a 12-member Flare Gas Commercialisation Programme Team with responsibility to drive the process and coordinate the Flare Gas Commercialisation Programme …
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Thungela returns R8.2 billion to shareholders after a record half year
Thungela Resources has declared an interim dividend of R8.2 billion, or R60 per share, following a record half year in which profit rocketed on the back of strong export coal …
Tea prices at the weekly Mombasa auction increased slightly last week even as volumes traded remained steady. At the auction, a kilo averaged USD2.21(Sh263.99) up from USD2.20(Sh262.79) in the previous …
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SEC, Nigeria approves new window for fixed income securities
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX)’s guidelines on Trade Execution via the exchange’s On-Manual Negotiated Deal Window for fixed income (FI) securities. The FI …
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Egypt plans to issue $6B Eurobonds in FY 2022/2023
Egypt is planning to issue Eurobonds worth around $5 billion to $6 billion during fiscal year (FY) 2022/2023, an informed government source told Asharq Business on August 14th. It is worth mentioning …