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ASINT / Finance and Institutions Equity BCDC grew its profitability by 58% in 2025, posting KSh24.7 billion in profit after tax — the fastest absolute profit growth of any subsidiary in the Equity Group. That number is significant. But it is not the news. The news is what Equity Group CEO James Mwangi announced alongside […]
Oando’s June 12 Audit Deadline: A Governance Signal Embedded in a Systems Problem
ASINT / Finance and Institutions Oando Plc has set June 12 as the date for releasing its 2025 audited financial statements, ending months of uncertainty over results that were originally due on March 31 and have been delayed by the complexity of integrating systems inherited from its NAOC acquisition. The board approved the accounts on […]
AES Confederal Bank (BCID-AES): Six Months In, What the 500B CFA Fund Has — and Has Not — Actually Delivered
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AfDB Annual Meetings in Brazzaville: What the Brazzaville Appeal and the NAFAD Rollout Really Change for Africa’s Financial Architecture
ASINT / Finance & Institutions More than 4,000 delegates gathered at the Kintele Conference Centre in Brazzaville from 25 to 29 May for the 61st Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group. The theme chosen was direct: mobilising Africa’s development financing at scale in a fragmented world. Behind that framing lies a problem the […]
Senegal’s Second Most Indebted Country Status: What the IMF Assessment Leaves the New Government to Work With
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Anthropic Files Confidential S-1 at $965B Valuation: What the AI IPO Wave Means for Africa’s Institutional Investment Pipeline
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Oando’s June 12 Audit Deadline: A Governance Signal Embedded in a Systems Problem
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Tether Backs LemFi to Expand Stablecoin Remittances Across African Corridors
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Rosso Bridge Opens 2026. Mauritania-Senegal Infrastructure Links and the Connectivity Paradigm Shift in Sahel Trade
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Société Générale Côte d’Ivoire increases its 2025 dividend to 81.1 billion FCFA
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