Financial Inclusion Only six per cent of Nigerian women access credit – Group by Saviour Imukudo April 3, 2024
Financial Inclusion Financial Inclusion: Ekiti to engage 1000 youths for agency banking programme March 4, 2024
Business Specials Fraud, exorbitant charges discourage digital payment services in Nigeria December 29, 2023
Financial Inclusion Over 350 million Africans financially excluded – Report by Ameh Ejekwonyilo November 9, 2023 The report says despite the high number of mobile phone users in Africa, a chunk of its people remain outside... Read more
Financial Inclusion SPECIAL REPORT: Rural farmers in Nigeria’s capital count losses amid poor mobile telephony by Ameh Ejekwonyilo October 18, 2023 Many rural dwellers including farmers on the fringes of Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, are paying steep prices as Nigeria’s booming... Read more
Financial Inclusion INVESTIGATION: How poor privatisation of NITEL truncated $82 million Nigerian rural telephony project by Bakare Majeed September 1, 2023 In 2002, the Nigerian government conceived the National Rural Telephony Project (NRTP), designed to ensure that rural communities were not... Read more
Financial Inclusion Ghana tackles illegal loan apps over fraud, cyber-bullying by Jonas Nyabor and 1 others July 31, 2023 Online loan apps are the new fraudsters in Ghana, targeting low-income earners with intrusive ads for soft loans. Read more
Financial Inclusion How Nigeria’s $428 million ICT project is addressing rural financial inclusion by Johnstone Kpilaakaa July 20, 2023 In rural communities across Nigeria, the Nigeria National Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Backbone (NICTIB) Project drives financial inclusion due... Read more
Financial Inclusion Banks can now issue NIN cards to Nigerians – Minister by Agency Report May 25, 2023 "It is going to be a form of multipurpose card where it will serve as your national identity card on... Read more
Financial Inclusion FCMB Group Records 25% growth in digital revenues as customer base hits 11.4 million by Press Release May 15, 2023 The FCMB Group is listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) and serves over 11 million customers across four platforms. Read more
Financial Inclusion Abuja market traders groan as naira scarcity persists by Ntiedo Ekott February 19, 2023 Since the policy took effect, the scarcity of both the old and new naira notes has affected businesses in the... Read more
Financial Inclusion Among underserved Nigerians, awareness of health insurance remains poor but insurtech offers hope by Ronald Adamolekun December 26, 2022 Signing up to a microinsurance plan could save many vulnerable and low-income earners, but they are mostly unaware of the... Read more
Financial Inclusion What to know about CBN’s national domestic card scheme by Ayodeji Adegboyega October 25, 2022 The central bank has announced it will launch national domestic cards in January 2023. Read more
Financial Inclusion NES 2022: What Nigerian govt must do to improve women’s economic empowerment – Experts by Abubakar Ahmadu Maishanu October 2, 2022 At the end of the three-day conference, the experts will release their suggestions to policymakers for the good of the... Read more
Financial Inclusion Nigeria, Indonesia, five others home to half of world’s unbanked population by Oladeinde Olawoyin August 25, 2022 According to the World Bank's 2021 Global Findex report, the six other economies are China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and... Read more
Financial Inclusion eNaira: CBN, Fintech Foundry to support 10 startups by Agency Report August 14, 2022 Mr Awe said that the top 10 startups, innovators, and entrepreneurs, were part of the over 5,000 startups that registered... Read more
Financial Inclusion U.S agency commits $280m in financing for Access Bank to boost financial inclusion by Oladeinde Olawoyin July 25, 2022 The loan is expected to support at least 4,000 new SME loans in Nigeria. Read more
Features And Interviews As POS merchants target Nigeria’s unbanked population, banks’ troubles haunt them by Oladeinde Olawoyin July 18, 2022 Widespread use of mobile and online transactions has made banks cut down on the number of ATM machines, a cost-saving... Read more
Financial Inclusion Carmachain, startup furnishing lenders with borrowers’ data, hits 80 million profiles by Ronald Adamolekun July 15, 2022 Carmachain furnishes firms on its clientele with data aggregated from different consumers having dealings with such organisations by way of... Read more
Financial Inclusion FinTechs got 63% of total funds raised by Nigerian start-ups in 2021 – Association by Agency Report July 3, 2022 “Nigerian start-ups raised 1.37 billion dollars of the four billion dollars raised in Africa in 2021. Of these, the FinTech... Read more
Financial Inclusion FCMB leads in Nigeria’s digital space as physical place takes back bench by Oge Udegbunam June 24, 2022 Leveraging on its agility, vision, versatility and business playbook, FCMB maintains the upper hand in the digital war among Nigeria’s... Read more
Financial Inclusion As POS agents reach millions in Nigeria, users lament fraud by Abdulkareem Mojeed June 16, 2022 The rise in agency banking has enabled easier and quicker payment services to millions, but it has also allowed criminals... Read more
Financial Inclusion Three years on, Nigeria’s micro-pension targeting informal workers struggles to thrive by Ronald Adamolekun and 1 others June 13, 2022 The government hopes to enroll 8 million people in five years but in three years it has only managed to... Read more
Financial Inclusion CBN to introduce USSD code to improve eNaira by Agency Report June 11, 2022 The CBN inaugurated the CBDC, also known as the eNaira, on October 25, 2021, aimed at making financial transactions easier... Read more
Financial Inclusion In Nigeria, village king creates own ‘currency’ to drive economic empowerment in rural community by Bakare Majeed June 6, 2022 The traditional ruler, Ademola Ajibola, introduced the TLK voucher in August 2021 as a means of exchange within Ijara-Isin. Read more
Financial Inclusion GTCO gets CBN’s nod for payments unit HabariPay by Ronald Adamolekun June 3, 2022 This week, GTCO, Nigeria’s second biggest lender by market value, launched a fintech unit named SquadCo, which eases the path... Read more
Financial Inclusion In Osun communities, lack of privacy turns traders away from borrowing by Oladeinde Olawoyin June 2, 2022 Traders say based on past experience, they fear being harrassed by representatives of microfinance banks and informal financial services providers. Read more
Features And Interviews For women farmers in Nigeria, funding hardly comes from banks by Oge Udegbunam May 26, 2022 Despite being in the federal capital, she, like most other women farmers in Pegi, have no access to formal financial... Read more