Author: Julius Alagbe

Julius Alagbe is a senior financial journalist and Editor at MarketForces Africa with nearly two decades of experience in finance, accounting, and economics reporting.He is one of Nigeria's most prolific financial market reporters, covering capital markets, monetary policy, corporate earnings, banking, telecoms, and macroeconomic developments across Africa.Julius has built a strong footprint reporting on Nigeria's leading corporates and financial services sector, including coverage of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Central Bank of Nigeria monetary operations, MTN Nigeria, GTCO, and major investment banking transactions.He regularly monitors the CBN’s open market operations, interbank FX markets, and equity market movements, providing readers with real-time intelligence on Nigeria’s financial landscape.His reporting draws on direct access to institutional research from firms including Moody’s Ratings, CardinalStone Securities, Fitch, and other leading African investment houses.Julius brings analytical depth and editorial rigour to every story, making complex financial data accessible to professionals, investors, and policymakers across Africa.Julius Alagbe is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

ECOWAS, ECOBANK Unveil Empowerment Programme for Women Traders

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ECOWAS, ECOBANK Unveil Empowerment Programme for Women Traders The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in collaboration with ECOBANK Plc on Tuesday in Abuja unveiled a 6-month training programme for the empowerment of West African women traders. The programme seeks to empower women-led businesses by supporting and enhancing their growth, leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area’s (AfCFTA) takeoff. ECOWAS Commission President, Dr Omar Touray, while unveiling the programme, expressed the commission’s gratitude to Nigeria for its relentless contributions to the bloc’s regional integration agenda. Touray, represented by Mrs Massandjé Toure-Litse, ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, also…

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Moniepoint Secures $110m Equity Finance to Boost Digital Payments

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Moniepoint Secures $110m Equity Finance to Boost Digital Payments Moniepoint Inc., a financial institution, has secured $110 million in equity financing to expand its digital payments and banking solutions across the continent. The Group Chief Executive Officer of Moniepoint, Mr Tosin Eniolorunda, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Eniolorunda said the series C funding round was led by the Development Partners International’s African Development Partners III fund, with participation from Google’s Africa Investment Fund, Verod Capital, and existing investor Lightrock. He said the funding would enable Moniepoint to accelerate its growth across Africa, building an all-in-one, seamlessly…

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Crude Oil Prices Rebound After Aggressive Selloffs

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The oil market rebounded on Tuesday following a strong bearish trend that plunged crude prices lower on Monday following Israel’s retaliatory attack on Iran at the weekend. While it is still not clear if and how Iran will retaliate, the market is clearly of the view that supply risks have eased for now, ING said in a note.

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Nigeria’s US Dollar Bonds Yield Rises to 9.60% over Selloffs

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Nigeria’s US Dollar Bonds Yield Rises to 9.60% over Selloffs Nigerian US dollar bonds yield rose slightly to 9.60% due to the latest selloffs by foreign portfolio investors conducting trades in the Eurobonds market. The uncertainties in the local economy and rising debts reduced appetite for Nigeria’s sovereign Eurobond, including expectation that inflation would continue to make an uptrend for the rest of the year. After two months of deceleration, Nigeria’s inflation reversed trend in Sept due to increased energy costs in the economy. The authority is also asking World Bank to disburse $750 million which was part of broader…

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