40m unbanked Nigerians to benefit from MTN, Airtel mobile money licenses

Nigerians to pay more on non-alcoholic, carbonated beverages

N10/litre Excise Duty would be imposed on all non-alcoholic, carbonated, and sweetened beverages

Estimated at over 40 million, Nigeria’s unbanked adult population who are mostly in the hard-to-reach rural communities are expected to have access to financial services, thanks to the awaiting mobile money licence for MTN and Airtel. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) last Thursday issued MTN N

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