The Bank of Mauritius (Bank) has published a draft Guide for the issue of sustainable bonds (Guide).   According to the regulator, the draft Guide constitutes the first step towards the establishment of a framework for sustainable bonds in Mauritius.    In the 2020/2021 Budget, the country’s Minister of Finance,

In a circular to banks and other regulated financial institutions, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reiterated that dealing in cryptocurrencies or facilitating payments for cryptocurrency exchanges remains prohibited in the country.   According to the regulator, the use of cryptocurrencies in Nigeria goes against key mandates of the

The African Development Bank has added Mauritius to its Bloomberg African Bond Indices (ABABI).   The Bank of Mauritius (Bank) initiated actions to comply with the requirements for the inclusion of Mauritius onto the ABABI.   The Bank worked on the implementation of Bloomberg’s Valuation Service curve for enhancing price discovery

Nigeria has gazetted its Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA), 2020.  The country’s National Assembly enacted BOFIA recently.   A copy of the gazette is available here.   Photo Credit: Pixabay