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Firstbank Launches Firstmonie Merchant Solution To Boost Digital Payments
African Examiner
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September 4, 2025
Posted by African Examiner Business News, Featured, Latest Headlines Thursday, September 4th, 2025 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FirstBank, the leading financial institution and provider of financial inclusion services in West Africa, has officially...
Senegal and France are making efforts to rebuild relations through talks amid historical grievances.
Zambian Observer
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September 1, 2025
Senegal and France are making efforts to rebuild relations through talks amid historical grievances. France recently shut down its last military base in Senegal, marking the end of a 65-year presence. Senegal seeks recognition of colonial-era...
African Credit Ratings Show Signs of Recovery as Market Access Returns
News Ghana
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September 2, 2025
African governments are experiencing a gradual return to financial stability, with improving credit ratings and renewed access to international capital markets signaling a potential turning point for the continent’s economic prospects. The African...
Africa’s Economic Growth Faces Headwinds Despite Inflation Cooling
News Ghana
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September 2, 2025
Africa’s economic recovery is hitting speed bumps as trade challenges and commodity volatility dampen growth prospects, according to the latest assessment from the African Export-Import Bank. The bank’s August 2025 macroeconomic report reveals a...
ECOWAS Gender Centre Staff Prepare Budget Framework in Senegal
News Ghana
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September 2, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States Gender Development Centre concluded a four-day strategic retreat in Senegal focused on implementing new budgeting procedures and preparing its 2026-2028 financial plan. Staff from the ECOWAS Gender...
UK unveils £5m pact with AGRA to support Africa’s agriculture trade
Business Insider Africa
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September 2, 2025
The United Kingdom has unveiled a £5 million partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to enhance agricultural trade and strengthen food systems across the continent. The announcement was made on Monday by Lord Collins...
Nigerian banks lead African trade surge
Zawya
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When First Bank, Nigeria’s oldest lender, opened its first cross-border branch in Ghana in 1997, it was such a novel idea that it took seven years before United Bank for Africa (UBA) followed the example in 2004. Then the idea caught on, with...
EPL clubs flex financial muscle with record $4B transfer spending
Sabah
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September 2, 2025
Premier League clubs showcased their financial firepower this summer, pouring more than 3 billion pounds ($4 billion) into new signings. The English top flight has long enjoyed a monetary edge over rival European leagues, fueled by far more...
Zimbabwe unveils US$1.4 billion agric package
Bulawayo 24 News
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September 4, 2025
ZIMBABWE has launched a US$1,4 billion agricultural investment package aimed at attracting global financiers to seven high-impact value chains, as the country seeks to meet domestic demand and expand into lucrative export markets. The announcement...
Western Balkans smugglers pushing West Africa deeper into cocaine trade, report says
The Straits Times
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September 2, 2025
DAKAR - Western Balkans criminal groups, who are among Europe's top cocaine traffickers, are entrenching themselves in West Africa in a sign of the region's growing significance on the smuggling route from Latin America to the EU, a report has...
Sénégal : ce que révèle la dégradation de la note sur la dette cachée et les notations de crédit
The Conversation
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August 31, 2025
En février 2025, l’agence de notation Moody’s a abaissé la note du Sénégal de deux crans. Quelques mois plus tard, en juillet, Standard & Poor’s a suivi avec une nouvelle dégradation. En l’espace de quatre mois, la note souveraine du pays a perdu...
ABH Announces Top 20 Entrepreneurs
Business Ghana
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The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) (https://AfricaBusinessHeroes.org/) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative of Alibaba Philanthropy, today revealed the Top 20 entrepreneurs selected to advance to the 2025 Semi-Finals, taking place in...
Bagudu Commends World Bank For Supporting FG’s Social Service Delivery
New Telegraph
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September 1, 2025
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has praised the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The Minister made this...
Bagudu Commends World Bank For Enhancing Nigeria’s Social Service Delivery
Daily Independent
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September 1, 2025
1 Chibuzor Emejor Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has praised the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The Minister made...
How Dangote Cement made revenue of N2.07 trillion in 6 months of 2025
Nairametrics
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September 4, 2025
Dangote Cement Plc posted a stunning N2.07 trillion in revenue in just six months of 2025, reaffirming its dominance as Africa’s largest cement producer. With half-year revenue already surpassing 57.86% of 2024’s full-year turnover, the company is...
Minister praises World Bank for enhancing FG’s social service delivery
Tribune Online
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September 1, 2025
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has praised the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The Minister made this disclosure...
World Bank’s PforR instrument enhancing social service delivery -Bagudu
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 1, 2025
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has commended the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The minister gave the...
Bagudu lauds World Bank for enhancing FG’s social service delivery
Prompt News Online
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September 1, 2025
By Tony Obiechina Abuja Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has praised the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The...
TVET in Africa: Skills for economic growth, not just survival
Graphic
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September 1, 2025
James Attah Ansah and Charles Ekornunye Ansah Opinion Sep - 01 - 2025 , 09:57 4 minutes read In the heart of bustling Accra, 22-year-old Amina wires a solar panel to a rooftop, her movements confident and precise. She didn’t learn this at a...
Mauritanian Banker Takes Helm of African Development Bank
News Ghana
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September 1, 2025
Dr. Sidi Ould Tah officially assumed leadership of the African Development Bank today, becoming the first Mauritanian president in the institution’s history as he succeeds Nigeria’s Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. The transition comes at a pivotal moment...