April 6, 2022/United Capital Research Earlier this week, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed paid a visit to the soon-to-begin operations Dangote Refinery Complex. The minster’s appraisal of the project was broadly positive, citing the key role it would play in industrial revolution for Nigeria and Africa at […]
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E-Payments: Still Nigeria’s growth Frontier
April 6, 2022/CSL Research The latest data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) showed that the strong growth recorded across the various e-payment channels in 2021 continued into 2022. Specifically, NIBSS Instant Payment (NIP) transactions recorded a solid 46.2% y/y and 53.4% y/y increase in transaction value and volume […]
DeFi, DAOs and CBDCs: 8 crypto innovators on what’s next
April 5, 2022/Mastercard By Vicki Hyman Image Credit: Mastercard In 2011, Brazilian software developer Lucas Schoch spent more than 1,100 bitcoin inside World of Warcraft, the popular online fantasy game. Cryptocurrency had yet to explode in value, but he quickly realized what a mistake he’d made. Data scientist Vijay Pravin […]

