January 22
Liberia: Ex-BSE Employees Secure U.S.$175k Bond
Liberian Observer
Former Director-General, Arthur Massaquoi and five other former employees of the Bureau of State Enterprises (BSE), were temporarily prevented from going to jail, Tuesday after… Read more »
Liberia: 'Liberia's Road Crisis Is Governance, Not Financial'
Liberian Observer
When large portions of the country often slip into near isolation during the intensification of the rainy season, the long-standing road infrastructure crisis often returns to the… Read more »
Ghana: Govt Assesses 5 Defunct SOEs... for Revamping Under Rapid Industrialisation for Jobs Initiative - Trade Minister
Ghanaian Times
The government is in the process of recruiting transactional advisors to assess the viability of revamping some defunct State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), the Minister of Trade,… Read more »
Nigeria: Shippers' Council Insists On Stakeholders' Input Before Ports Fee Hikes
Daily Trust
The Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC) has reiterated its stance on the need for stakeholders' input before any fee hikes in the shipping industry. Read more »
Gambia: Hakalang Road Safety Drive Gains Support Across North Bank Communities
The Point
The weeklong Hakalang Road Sensitization Campaign is gaining strong community support as it moves through towns and schools along the newly constructed 84-kilometre Hakalang Road… Read more »
Uganda: Helmut Paul Gauff - the German Engineer Who Built Infrastructure - - and Communities for Uganda
Nile Post
Helmut Paul Gauff passed away on January 5, 2026. He was 94 and he was everything. Read more »
East Africa: Why 2026 Could Be a Breakout Year for Digital Trade in East Africa [opinion]
Capital FM
For more than a decade, East Africa has been viewed as a region of unrealised potential, a future hub for digital trade, innovation and intra-regional commerce. In 2026, that… Read more »
Ghana: Unilever Donates Products to Hearts
Ghanaian Times
Unilever Ghana, distributors of Rexona deodorant, has presented products to the playing body of Accra Hearts of Oak at its Pobiman complex. Read more »
Ghana: Use of 20 Pesewa Coin Declines in Accra
Ghanaian Times
Residents and traders along La Police Road and parts of Oko-Dan in Accra in the Greater Accra Region are facing growing difficulties as the 20 pesewa coin gradually disappears from… Read more »
Kenya: Stanchart Md Ngari to Retire After Seven Years
Capital FM
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Kariuki Ngari is set to retire after 24 years with the lender. Read more »
Nigeria: BUA Signs Deal for N340.4bn 3mt Cement Line in Sokoto
Daily Trust
BUA Cement Plc, manufacturer of BUA Portland Limestone Cement and Sokoto Portland Limestone Cement has proposed to build a new ultra-modern 3-million-ton-per-annum cement line in… Read more »
Nigeria: Workers Picket Kedco Headquarters Over Unpaid Pensions, Welfare
Daily Trust
Electricity workers under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) and the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Wednesday… Read more »
Nigeria: Local Refining - Depot Owners Fret Over Investment Uncertainty, Job Losses
Daily Trust
Depot owners across Nigeria are increasingly uneasy over mounting investment uncertainty and the prospect of job losses as the country's expanding local refining capacity steadily… Read more »
Nigeria: Controversy Over LASEMA's 'Breach' of Protocols in Qatar Airways' Air Return Incident
Daily Trust
There was controversy in Lagos airspace over the weekend when a Qatar Airways aircraft developed a technical issue mid-flight and requested an air return to the Murtala Muhammed… Read more »
Nigeria: Digital Lending - FCCPC Goes After Violators
Daily Trust
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has commenced enforcement measures against Digital Money Lending (DML) operators that did not regularise their… Read more »
Nigeria: Fourth Republic and the Birth of Non-Interest Banking
Daily Trust
While modern banking in Nigeria has evolved over the years, the establishment of Islamic banking in Nigeria was not just an expansion of the banking system following Nigeria's… Read more »
Nigeria: The Rise of Non-Interest Banking in Nigeria's Fourth Republic
Daily Trust
Banking in Nigeria was once defined almost entirely by interest -- how much borrowers paid, and how much savers earned. Read more »
Nigeria: Ikeja Computer Village Fire - Traders Beg Sanwo-Olu for Financial Support
Vanguard
...We lost over N130m worth of goods--Victims Read more »
Nigeria: Losses to Fraud in Banks Decline, CBN Intensifies Measures
Vanguard
·Unveils industry-wide war on e-fraud ·Internet banking fraud leads with N13.37bn, 4,507 cases ·Lagos tops with 63% fraud volumes ·3, 417 individuals on… Read more »
Nigeria: FCCPC Removes Defaulting Digital Lenders From Register
Vanguard
... as compliance window closes Read more »
Nigeria: 6,422 Insured Depositors of Defunct Banks Receive N3.31 Bn in H1'25
Vanguard
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said 6,422 insured depositors of 651 financial institutions were paid N3.31 billion in the first half of 2025 (H1'25). Read more »
Nigeria: World Bank, WCO, Customs Train Officers for Trade Facilitation
Vanguard
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in collaboration with the World Customs Organisation (WCO) and the World Bank Group (WBG), commenced the WCO Accelerated Trade Facilitation… Read more »
Nigeria: Financial Inclusion - Nigeria Still Behind Target - CBN
Vanguard
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said 74 percent of Nigerians have been covered under its financial inclusion program as at first half of 2025 (H1'25). Read more »
Nigeria: Dollar to Naira Exchange Rate Today, January 22, 2026
Vanguard
The Nigerian Naira displayed a slight softening in the early trading hours of Thursday, January 22, 2026, as the foreign exchange market navigated the typical mid-week liquidity… Read more »
Nigeria: Stock Market Sustains Positive Run On Demand for NCR, Others
This Day
The Nigerian stock market yesterday closed with a gain of 0.01 per cent over investors' demand for NCR Nigeria Plc and 53 others. Read more »
