UBA, Afrexim Bank Partner to Digitise African Trade Via LEO, PAPSS

  United Bank for Africa (UBA) has integrated its Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot, LEO, with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in  a bid  towards enhancing intra-African trade.   The initiative launched in partnership with the African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim Bank), enables seamless end-to-end transactions across African borders in […]

Wema Bank Releases unaudited results for H1 2025, Profit Before Tax climbs 231% to N101.2billion

  Wema Bank Plc, Nigeria’s oldest indigenous bank, most resilient and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has released its unaudited consolidated financial statements for the half-year period ended June 30, 2025, to the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX).   On track to set an unprecedented benchmark, Wema Bank’s […]

GDP Growth Unsustainable Amid Worsening Electricity Supply, Says Rewane

    An economist and Managing Director of Financial Derivatives Company Ltd, Bismarck Rewane, has warned that Nigeria’s continued electricity supply crisis poses a serious threat to the country’s economic stability and long-term growth, declaring that current GDP progress is unsustainable without immediate and comprehensive reforms in the power sector. […]