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- 25 Jul 2016
Oduoza, UBA Boss Calls For Closer Collaboration Among African Central Banks
Mr Philips Oduoza, outgoing group managing director, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, pan-African banking group, has called for increased collaboration among African central banks in order to drive…
- 21 Aug 2016
Emefiele Emerges President, African Central Bank Governors
Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been elected as the President, Association of African Central Bank Governors. The election was conducted at the 39th ordinary…
- 18 Feb 2024
Tinubu Assures AU Leaders of Nigeria's readiness to Host African Central Bank
President Bola Tinubu has spoken about Nigeria's readiness to host the African Central Bank in line with the vision of the Abuja Treaty. Addressing African leaders on Saturday, February 17, at the…
- 22 Jul 2019
Why Central Banks Need to Take Human Rights More Seriously
Many central banks are rethinking their approach to the environmental and social impact of their operations. According to Danny Bradlow, SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and…
- 1 Feb 2021
Some Africa’s Central Banks Consider Exploring Digital Currencies
Three African countries participated for the first time in a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) survey that shows about a fifth of the world’s central banks are likely to issue their own…
- 12 Oct 2009
Ecobank Bags African Bank of the Year Awards
Ecobank has been named the African bank of the Year at the African Banker of the Year Awards organised by African Banker Magazine to recognize the continent’s successes in banking. Bankers from…
- 18 Jul 2023
CBN, Egyptian Central Bank Ink MoU on 'Nigeria-Egypt FinTech Bridge'
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a Nigeria-Egypt FinTech Bridge. The signing ceremony, took place…
- 16 Jul 2014
Emefiele Emerges Chairman ECOWAS Central Bank Governors
Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been elected chairman of Committee of Central Bank Governors of the ECOWAS sub-region. Emefiele who was elected by fellows…
- 19 Jul 2019
Will the Central Bank of Nigeria join the monetary easing bandwagon?
By Lukman Otunuga, FXTM Research Analyst Unfavorable macroeconomic conditions across the globe have forced major central banks to embark on a monetary easing cycle to protect their respective…
- 19 Jan 2018
Nigeria Offers to Host African Development Bank’s Regional Hub
Counting on its position as the largest shareholder of the Bank since inception, the Government of Nigeria has made a formal request to the African Development Bank to host its regional office in…
- 19 Jun 2018
UBA, Others Lead as African Banks Make Waves
Ade Ayeyemi’s office in Lomé, the capital of Togo, is a good place to think about crossing borders. Ghana is ten minutes’ drive away. From his window the boss of Ecobank can watch trucks…
- 15 Feb 2010
CellTrust Pilot Addresses Central Banks Call for More Security
CellTrust Corporation the leading supplier of secure mobile messaging and applications, has announced the launch of its SecureSMS Mobile Banking and Payment Pilot for the African region.…
- 8 Dec 2009
African Banks Strong Despite Meltdown- Pera
Emilio Pera, banking and Capital Markets director at Ernst & Young has said that banks across sub-Saharan Africa, with the possible exception of Nigeria, have not faced collapse on a major scale…
- 22 Sept 2014
IFC, Bank Al-Maghrib Partner to Expand Access to Credit in Africa
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Bank Al-Maghrib, the Central Bank of Morocco, will organize an international symposium to train African and MENA central banks and financial regulators on…
- 4 Jan 2017
Wari to Deepen African Banking Services, Launches in Nigeria
Wari, an innovative platform offering easy-to-use mobile, web and card solutions for organizations (institutional, commercial and financial) and customers in Africa and around the world across our…
- 2 May 2024
Afreximbank Urges African Countries to Strengthen Reserves with Gold
A report by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has stated that the current “high gold prices offer African countries an opportunity to strengthen their reserve portfolios with a safer asset…
- 10 Apr 2019
Absa, South African Top Bank to Open Shop in Nigeria
Absa, South African lender is aiming to make a start on its investment bank-focused expansion into Nigeria in the second half of this year, according to Charles Russon, chief executive of the…
- 9 Jun 2016
Dangote Acquires Shares in Afreximbank
The Dangote Group, Africa’s leading indigenous conglomerate, has become the latest corporate organisation to join the African Export-Import Bank as a shareholder. According to information released by…
- 7 Mar 2014
UBA Deepens e-Banking Channels, Toasts Robust Banking Platform
United Bank for Africa (UBA), the leading African Bank that offers online/internet banking, consumer banking, business banking, investment banking, institutional banking, at the weekend, said that it…
- 25 Jul 2019
Nigeria Rate Cut on the Horizon as Global Monetary Easing Cycle Gains Momentum
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Unfavorable macroeconomic conditions across the globe have prompted major central banks to embark on a monetary easing cycle to counter a global…
- 27 Mar 2020
AfDB Launches Record Breaking $3 billion “Fight COVID-19” Social Bond
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has raised an exceptional $3 billion in a three-year bond to help alleviate the economic and social impact the Covid-19 pandemic will have on livelihoods and…
- 19 Apr 2018
EIB, AfDB to invest US$70m in Development Bank of Nigeria
The European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank have agreed to support the creation of the new Development Bank of Nigeria to strengthen lending for business and agriculture investment…
- 15 Feb 2024
PAPSS Admits Tunisia as 13th Member
The Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) has added Banque Centrale de Tunisie as its thirteenth Central Bank member. According to PAPSS, this strengthens its commitment to promote…
- 15 Aug 2021
EMTECH, Global InfoSwift Partner to Provide Capacity Building on Regulatory Sandbox, Others for Nigerian Financial Sector
EMTECH, a Fintech for Central Banks and GIC announce its partnership to deliver capacity building in three core and interrelated areas: Central Bank Digital Currency, Regulatory Sandbox Framework,…
- 17 May 2010
CBN Gives Deadline on Connection to National Central Switch
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has mandated banks in the country to connect to the National Central Switch (NCS), on or before 14th May, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can reveal. The central…
- 22 Jul 2013
NEXIM Bank Facilitates Regional Sealink Project
The Sealink Project conceived by the Nigeria Export-Import Bank, Federation of the West and Central Africa Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FEWACCI) and Transimex (an integrated logistic services…
- 3 Apr 2020
AfDB Celebrates Milestone with First Social Bond Listing on London Stock Exchange
The African Development Bank’s “Fight Covid-19” social bond, the largest social bond to date to be issued in the capital markets, listed on London Stock Exchange on Friday 3 April 2020, and is now…
- 2 Sept 2013
UBA Consolidates Pan African Leadership with Key Appointments
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the Pan-African bank with operations in 19 African countries and New York, London and Paris, has launched Project Alpha – the Group’s next stage focus of strategic…
- 22 Mar 2026
Rockefeller, Global Energy Alliance Cross $100 million Mark in Africa Electrification Push
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet have crossed the $100 million threshold in funding for Mission 300, the World Bank and African Development Bank’s…
- 9 Nov 2013
Kaberuka, AfDB President Named 2013 African of the Year
Donald Kaberuka, president , African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has been named 2013 African of the Year in recognition of his role in spearheading the Africa50 Fund to mobilize the financing of…