Stakeholders throughout Nigeria’s monetary companies and expertise sectors on the weekend in Lagos convened on the Fintech Summit 2026, the place discussions centred on the implications of innovation, information, and rising applied sciences for Africa’s monetary ecosystem. The summit, themed “The Subsequent Monetary Frontier: Intelligence, Infrastructure & Inclusion in Africa’s Digital Cash Economic system,” introduced…
Nairobi — The Horn of Africa is dealing with a “harmful crossroads” marked by interconnected conflicts and rising geopolitical competitors, the Govt Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Improvement, Workneh Gebeyehu, warned on Tuesday, calling for pressing reforms to mediation methods as wars within the area develop extra fragmented and extended. Talking on the IGAD…
Nairobi — Former President Uhuru Kenyatta is in Accra for the Tana Discussion board on Safety in Africa, a high-level continental platform centered on peace, governance, and safety challenges throughout the continent. Kenyatta was acquired Monday night upon arrival by Kenya’s Excessive Commissioner to Ghana, Shem Ishmailidza Amadi. The Tana Discussion board brings collectively political…
Ecobank Transnational Integrated (BRVM: ETIT) is getting ready to boost $500 million via a subordinated debt challenge because it strikes to refinance a part of its stability sheet forward of a regulatory deadline in June 2026. The Lomé-based lender plans to make use of the proceeds to train a name choice on about $350 million…
The World Well being Group (WHO) wrapped up Train Polaris II, a 2-day high-level simulation train, primarily based round an outbreak of a fictional new bacterium spreading the world over. Bringing collectively 26 international locations and territories, 600 well being emergency consultants and over 25 companions, the train, which befell on 22 and 23 April,…
Namibia’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Walde Ndevashiya, has outlined plans to strengthen financial cooperation between the 2 nations, with a give attention to increasing partnerships throughout key sectors. The diplomat mentioned his mission will prioritise financial diplomacy. Ndevashiya positioned robust emphasis on commerce, funding and sector cooperation. He burdened the significance of leveraging the African Continental…
Africa’s well being techniques are beneath growing pressure because the continent faces a rising burden of non-communicable illnesses (NCDs), climate-related pressures on meals techniques, and widening inequalities in accessing nutritious meals. These challenges are deeply interconnected, but typically addressed in isolation, highlighting the necessity for extra built-in, prevention-focused approaches to well being. As leaders collect…
If you happen to play the lottery in South Africa, you’ve in all probability requested your self this in some unspecified time in the future. Must you play Lotto or go for PowerBall? One guarantees extra frequent wins. The opposite gives huge jackpots that may change your life in a single day. However when it…
United Financial institution for Africa (UBA) Plc has crossed the N33.2 trillion whole belongings threshold in 2025, underlining the financial institution’s pan-African scale and sustained development momentum. The Financial institution’s audited monetary outcomes for the yr ended December 31, 2025, confirmed that whole belongings grew 9.4 per cent to N33.2 trillion up from N30.3 trillion…
Malabo — “As within the early centuries of the Church, Africa immediately known as to make a decisive contribution to the holiness and the missionary character of the Christian individuals.” These ultimate phrases of Pope Leo XIV, addressed to the group gathered in Malabo stadium and, ideally, to the complete continent, on the finish of…