BUSINESS
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SEC Clears Seven Fintech Firms for ARIP as Nigeria Tightens Digital-Asset Oversight
The Securities and Exchange Commission has admitted seven fintech and digital-asset firms into its Accelerated Regulatory Incubation Programme, granting conditional…
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Dangote, PTML and WACT Back New Investment Drive for Nigeria’s Blue Economy
Operators at a Lagos stakeholders’ forum have pledged renewed investment in Nigeria’s marine and blue economy, arguing that the country’s…
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BOI’s ₦644.9bn Impact Test: Can Development Finance Turn Disbursements Into Industrial Power?
The Bank of Industry says it disbursed ₦644.9 billion to 7,078 businesses in 2025, with an estimated 1.68 million direct,…
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NGX 30 Rebalance Redraws Blue-Chip Map as NASCON, Unilever Enter; Oando, Transcorp Exit
NASCON Allied Industries and Unilever Nigeria have joined the NGX 30 Index, while Oando and Transcorp have exited following the…
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Negative Narratives Are Raising Africa’s Cost of Capital, Afreximbank President Warns
Afreximbank President George Elombi has urged Africa to challenge negative investment narratives, strengthen local credit assessment and finance more of…
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AI Can Accelerate the Audit. It Cannot Replace the Auditor: Experts Warn on Governance, Trust and Financial Truth
Audit leaders have warned that artificial intelligence can improve data analysis and anomaly detection, but cannot replace professional judgement, strong…
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AfCFTA and Bergmans Sign Customs Modernisation Deal to Power Africa’s Digital Trade Backbone
AfCFTA’s proposed Customs Modernisation Project could help Africa move from trade ambition to trade execution by linking customs systems, ports,…
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NCC Says Faster Fibre-to-the-Home Drive Is Critical to Nigeria’s Digital Economy Growth and $1 Trillion Economy Target
The NCC says Nigeria must accelerate Fibre-to-the-Home deployment if it is to build a stronger digital economy and achieve its…
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How Tinubu’s Reforms Averted Economic Collapse, Oyedele to Nigerian Employers
Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele says Nigeria’s reform programme helped prevent a deeper economic crisis. The real challenge now is converting…
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Nigeria’s Lithium, Copper and Bauxite: The New Blueprint for Green Industrialisation
Nigeria’s lithium, copper and bauxite may hold the key to a new green-industrial era. But turning mineral wealth into jobs,…
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