CBN Opens Sandbox For Nigeria’s Virtual Asset And Fintech Firms
Nigeria's central bank has opened its second regulatory sandbox cohort with tracks for virtual assets and data-enabled finance.
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Busha Signal Brings Prediction Markets Into Nigeria’s Regulated Fintech Conversation
Busha has launched Signal by Busha, a licensed prediction-market product that brings event-based markets into Nigerias regulated fintech conversation.
MTN Nigeria Fintech Revenue Slump Shows Airtime Lending Risk
MTN Nigeria fintech revenue reportedly fell sharply after an airtime lending pause, showing how dependent telco-fintech growth can become on ...
Airtel Money’s $61B Quarter Makes Its London IPO A Bigger Africa Fintech Story
Airtel Money processed $61.4 billion in one quarter as Airtel Africa prepares a London listing, turning the mobile money unit ...
Visa Launches Stablecoin Platform For Banks, Fintechs And 200m Merchants
Visa has launched a stablecoin platform that could help banks and fintechs bring blockchain settlement into existing payment and treasury ...
WAEMU Wants To Build Africa’s Most Connected Fintech Market
WAEMU's eight-country bloc wants to build a more connected fintech ecosystem, offering a useful test case for African payment interoperability.
Gigbanc Winds Down As Nigeria’s Cross-Border Fintech Market Faces A Funding Squeeze
Nigerian cross-border payments startup Gigbanc is winding down after three years, citing a difficult fundraising climate.
CBN’s Data Localisation Directive Puts Nigerian Fintechs In A Cloud Dilemma
Nigeria’s fintech industry has entered another major regulatory moment. The Central Bank of Nigeria has reportedly directed banks, fintech firms, ...
Data and Fintech Lift MTN Rwanda Back to Profit in Q1 2026
MTN Rwanda has swung back to profit in the first quarter of 2026, powered by rising internet usage and rapid ...
MTN Deal Pushes Nigerian Fintech Infrastructure Onto The Continental Stage
Following a significant commercial agreement between MTN Group and the financial infrastructure platform GWCU, Nigerian fintech infrastructure is growing throughout ...