BUSINESS UPDATES

South African payment performance partner NjiaPay has launched one-click payments for merchants, giving consumers a fast and convenient way to pay without re-entering card details or taking additional payment steps like 3-D Secure verification.

Nigeria’s stocks enter August with the NGX All-Share Index (ASI) hovering around 247,000 index points, approaching record highs.

The Nigerian equities market delivered a strong performance in July 2026, adding approximately N11.11 trillion to investors’ wealth as sustained buying interest in banking and other fundamentally strong stocks outweighed intermittent profit-taking

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Looking for Nigerian business summits in 2026? Here are top 10 must-attend business summits in Lagos, Abuja & Port Harcourt with dates, venues and how to register.

Nigerians seeking U.S. visas will now have to process their applications through the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos from August 1, 2026, following the transfer of routine visa services

The 2027 edition of the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards is open for submissions and free for all to enter on sonyfuturefilmmakerawards.com.

Johannesburg is set to host its first-ever exhibition of the Sony World Photography Awards, one of the most prestigious international honours in photography,

Bitcoin was trading around $62,900, down from overnight highs around $65,300 on July 31. In another snapshot it was trading around $62,500 after losing more than 14.5% since the start of the week.

S&P Global agreed to buy a majority stake in pan-African ratings agency Agusto & Co, which operates in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana. Agusto will keep its own ratings and methodologies.

DoorDash is building a drone delivery business, including its own aircraft, as part of an effort developed by its robotics and autonomy team

Ellis uses AI agents to tackle the fragmented workflow private credit managers deal with, including managing documents, spreadsheets, and correspondence.