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Paga Celebrates 10 Years Of Making Life Possible
Nigeria’s leading mobile money company, Paga, clocks 10 years in business since being founded in 2009, and officially opening its doors for commercial operations in 2012.
Today marks 10…
CBN upbeat about 2020 financial inclusion targets, takes campaign to schools
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) hopes to achieve its 2020 financial inclusion target of getting at least 80 percent of Nigerian adults embrace the financial system, especially as it…
Financial inclusion remains main investment sector in Africa – Partech
Investors’ attractiveness for the financial inclusion sector is evident in the 2018 annual report on the financing of African start-ups published by Partech, an investment platform for tech…
How credit loans are driving financial inclusion
The large informal segments at the bottom pyramid of the Nigeria economy are being attracted into the financial cycle through credit loans.
Unlike the conventional credit loans given by…
UBA reports N400million donations for financial inclusion in 2018
The United bank for Africa (UBA) showed its commitment to deepening financial inclusion in Nigeria with a N400 million donation.
This was stated in its 2018 full year financial report…
EFInA builds capacity of financial services stakeholders on Agent Networks deployment
The more people are included, the more they have access to financial services that will ultimately improve their leaving conditions and gradually get out of poverty.
Achieving universal…
UN to improve Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa with FITA
The Universal Postal Union (UPU), an agency of the United Nations, has officially rolled out a digital financial service project targeted to reach around 800,000 people across Africa, Asia,…
Financial Inclusion, FinTech and Sustainable Development Goals
The Open Working Group proposal for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established that the main issue that the United Nations (UN) aims to tackle is poverty reduction (Goal 1). As…
CBN to set up a financial inclusion Trust Fund to achieve 80% target
With less than two years to meet its 80 percent financial inclusion target, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved the setting up of a financial inclusion Trust Fund to help drive…
FG Boosts Financial Inclusion With TraderMoni
With over 23 million Nigerians financially excluded, the introduction of TraderMoni by the Federal Government in conjunction with Bank of Industry could not have come at a better time.…