In developing economies, many people are excluded in various ways from financial services. Emmanuel Mogaji for The Conversation approached the top managers of five ... Read more »

Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele has confirmed the immediate removal of the entire board of First Bank of Nigeria, appointing new directors. Emefiele said that "for years ... Read more »

There are growing fears that earnings from tobacco, which remains touted as the country's second single largest foreign currency earner after gold's net export proceeds, might be ... Read more »

Over the years, Nigeria has seen the collapse of many buildings, particularly that of residential accomodation. This played a huge part in the National Insurance Commission ... Read more »

The government has been forced to reintroduce its defunct Agricultural Finance Corporation after financial institutions grouped under the Bankers Association and resolved not to ... Read more »

The executive boards of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) declared Sudan eligible for debt relief under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) ... Read more »

The government of China has announced a partial pardon of debt totalling U.S.$36 million, equivalent to about 2% of Mozambique's debt with the Asian country, to help in the fight ... Read more »

The Supreme Court has overturned a High Court decision that set aside a central bank exchange control directive which had unilaterally ordered conversion of U.S. dollar bank acco Read more »

The Mozambican Attorney-General's Office has not withdrawn accusations of bribery against the Abu Dhabi based group, Privinvest, which is at the heart of the scandal of ... Read more »

More than 260 charity organisations have urged banks not to finance a U.S.$3.5 billion oil pipeline in East Africa, over concerns that the project could lead to the loss of ... Read more »