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Moniepoint Inc., a Nigerian business-banking unicorn, has completed its acquisition of a 78% stake in Kenya’s Sumac Microfinance Bank, ending a multi-year effort by the Nigerian fintech to secure a foothold in East Africa’s largest economy. The deal was finalised on Thursday as executives gathered for a reception in Nairobi’s Westlands area. It provides Moniepoint

Plus: a new fine for Meta and YouTube is set to reshape legal protections for Big Tech. This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Why this...

Dar es Salaam— The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania today launched a subnational polio vaccination campaign in the Lake Zone targeting over 6.7 million children the country.  This is following the detection of a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) through environmental surveillance. This campaign underscores Tanzania’s strong commitment to protecting every child and sustaining

In Kigoma Region, a quiet but important change is transforming the fight against tuberculosis (TB). People who are suspected to have TB are now getting accurate results within hours instead of days. This means they can start treatment much earlier, recover faster, and reduce the risk of spreading the disease to others. This progress is

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Tax filing errors remain a persistent challenge in Nigeria, with many taxpayers continuing to incur avoidable penalties due to mistakes in documentation, computation, and reporting. Despite ongoing reforms and the rollout of digital filing systems, gaps in tax awareness and record-keeping have left individuals and businesses exposed, particularly among small enterprises and self-employed professionals. Read

Nigeria’s foreign reserves have climbed to approximately $46–47 billion, but relying on reserve accumulation alone cannot drive the economic development Nigeria desperately needs.  While the headline figure suggests progress, economists and policy analysts caution that associating financial stabilisation with economic transformation remains one of Nigeria’s most enduring blind spots. What Do Nigeria’s Foreign Reserves Actually

FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited (FMDQ Exchange) has approved the listing of Champion Breweries Plc’s N30 billion Series 1, 5-Year, 19.50 million percent Senior Unsecured Fixed Rate Bond under its N45 billion Bond Issuance Programme on its platform. The approval by the Exchange’s Board Listings and Markets Committee enables Champion Breweries to access capital efficiently while

Neveah Limited (Neveah) is currently in the commercial paper market for its series 5 – 7 Commercial Paper (CP) of up to N9 billion. The CP issuance is under its N30 billion Commercial Paper issuance programme. The offer which opened on Tuesday, March 24 closes on Monday, March 30, 2026. Neveah Limited is a Nigerian

On a humid evening in Lagos, a young banker earning above the national average scrolls through property listings, calculating what it would take to own a modest two-bedroom apartment. The numbers rarely add up. Mortgage penetration in Nigeria remains below 1 percent of GDP, compared with over 30 percent in South Africa and 60 percent

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For years, the advice for interacting with artificial intelligence has sounded almost quaint: be polite, be clear, say “please.” But new research suggests that this instinct, rooted in human social norms, may be quietly undermining how well AI systems perform. A study presented at the NeurIPS 2025 Workshop, published in September 2025, titled “ Mind