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FirstBank Ghana has been recognised for its commitment to innovation and excellence in the banking sector, receiving the “Innovative Bank of the Year” award at the 8th edition of the Ghana-West Africa Business Excellence Awards.…
New Telegraph
Leading civic tech organization, BudgIT, has called on sub-national governments to adopt and implement the National Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Policy and Action Plan, a policy designed to boost economic progress for women in Nigeria.…
New Telegraph
Stanbic IBTC Capital, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, sponsored the 16th Honours Nite of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Lagos State Branch, which held in Lagos recently, according to a…
Tony Chukwunyem
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), over the weekend, published its voluntary framework for the disclosure of climate-related financial risks, which includes both qualitative and quantitative information. According to a press release, the Committee…
Tony Chukwunyem
Easing inflation and exchange rate stability are fuelling hopes that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) might cut the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at its meeting next month, writes Tony Chukwunyem…
New Telegraph
The Government of Ghana and the Government of Japan have signed a grant agreement valued at ¥402 million under the Japanese Grant Aid for the Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS) Programme. The signing ceremony, held…
New Telegraph
Goldman Sachs has moderated its risk taking since U.S. President Donald Trump’s April tariff announcement, and the Wall Street bank is braced for more uncertainty, Reuters reported a top executive of the financial institution as…
New Telegraph
Managing Director of Remita Payment Services Limited (RPSL), Mr. ‘DeRemi Atanda, has said that digitalisation is critical in enhancing processes that unlock exponential economic growth. He stated this at the 2025 NESA Economic Discourse 8.0,…
Kelechukwu Mgboji
Several Nigerian banks have made significant strides in their respective recapitalisation programmes, pushing ahead of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) March 2026 deadline. With oversubscribed offers, robust private placements, and aggressive acquisition of shares…
Tony Chukwunyem
Despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s tight monetary policy stance, Private Sector Credit Extension (PSCE) has headed north in recent months, reflecting the country’s positive economic indicators, writes Tony Chukwunyem According to the latest…
