Backbase and African Banker Publish Landmark Report on the State of AI in African Banking 2026: The Reality of Banking in the Agentic Era

Backbase and African Banker Publish Landmark Report on the State of AI in African Banking 2026: The Reality of Banking in the Agentic Era

LONDON, United Kingdom, July 21, 2026/APO Group/ — Backbase (www.Backbase.com), the leader in AI-powered banking, in partnership with African Banker magazine, has published The State of AI in African Banking 2026: The Reality of Banking in the Agentic Era. The report, the first systematic assessment of the return on investment of AI in African banking,…

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Bauchi to disburse grants, starter packs to 1,250 agribusiness trainees

Bauchi to disburse grants, starter packs to 1,250 agribusiness trainees

From Paul Orude, Bauchi The Bauchi state government has inaugurated a seven-member committee to screen beneficiaries and supervised the distribution of starter packs and grants to 1,250 trained youths and women under the Innovative and Integrated Agricultural Value Chain and Agribusiness Programme. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony yesterday in Bauchi, the state Commissioner for Agriculture,…

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Ex-Gov Fayose named chairman of REA as Tinubu announces 26 new appointments

Ex-Gov Fayose named chairman of REA as Tinubu announces 26 new appointments

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced 26 new appointments into 10 Federal Government agencies and commissions, with former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, emerging as chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), and Major General Junaid Bindawa as chairman of the National Salary and Wages Commission. Fayose heads the board of REA, with Alhaji…

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