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Financial Derivatives Company forecasts Nigeria’s headline inflation for March will likely slow to 21.8 per cent. Halimah Adediran, Senior Research at FDC joins CNBC Africa for more insights into the forecast.

FDC sees slowdown in Nigeria’s inflation to 21.8% in March

Oil prices are starting the week pretty strong after OPEC and its allied oil producers announced further output cuts of around 1.16 million barrels per day.

Brent surges after OPEC+ output cut announcement

Ratings agency, Fitch says Ghana's debt restructuring and fall in capital could lead to higher funding costs for banks if they become less creditworthy and could significantly impact the banking sector’s solvency and stability.

How Ghana banks can navigate fallout of debt restructuring 

Lagos Free Zone Company has issued a 17.5 billion naira, 20-year corporate infrastructure bond, the third issuance under an upsized 61-billion-naira bond issuance programme. 

LFZ taps Nigeria's Capital market in 3rd bond issuance

Favour Ori, CEO and Founder of Payday joins CNBC Africa to discuss how this funding will drive expansion and adoption.

Moniepoint leads Payday's $3mn seed round 

The CEO of Zenith Bank, Ebenezer Onyeagwu says 2022 saw a higher level of various risk elements which impacted the market, stressing that it is difficult to tell what to expect. 

Zenith Bank CEO speaks on global banking crisis & overcoming headwinds

The Ghana Stock Exchange is witnessing increased investors momentum despite a difficult economic situation driven by rising inflation. 

Can Ghana equities sustain positive momentum in Q2'23?

Paul Gbededo, an Independent Non-Executive Director at Geregu Power says talks are underway with government and other stakeholders to resolve power evacuation challenges as the firm seeks to increase its generation capacity.

Geregu: Talks underway to address power evacuation challenges

Moody’s says most rated African banks have solid liquidity that can buffer large deposit withdrawals. However, some of the greatest headwinds for banks are the rising sovereign credit risk, high inflation and FX shortage.

How Nigerian banks can navigate major headwinds 

As Nigeria prepares to fully deregulate the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry by June, stakeholders in the sector say prices may go as high as 750 naira per litre. 

How ready are Nigerians for the petrol subsidy realities? 

Ghana's bilateral creditors including Paris Club and China will form an official creditor committee and deliver assurances to the IMF over debt restructuring for Ghana as the executive board bretton woods institution meets this week. 

Debt restructuring: Ghana bilateral creditors to form committee 

Ghana’s Monetary Policy Committee has hiked the Monetary Policy Rate by 150 basis points to 29.5 per cent in its just concluded meeting today. 

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