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👤Nigeria’s NIN Enrolment Hits 123.9m

👤Nigeria’s NIN Enrolment Hits 123.9m

Plus: 🏢Moniepoint Launches Moniebook

Innovation Village
December 19, 2025

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Working with teammates spread across continents has become the norm, not the exception. One moment you’re handing off a task at the close of your day, the next it’s already moving forward while you sleep. That constant relay can be incredibly powerful—but only if the right habits and tools are in place.

Global collaboration forces teams to rethink how they communicate, plan, and stay aligned. Clear documentation starts to matter more than quick chats. Meetings become intentional instead of routine. And the best teams learn how to balance real-time conversations with workflows that don’t depend on everyone being online at once.

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Today’s Menu ☕️

👤Nigeria’s NIN Enrolment Hits 123.9m
💵CBN Sets 30-Day Deadline for PoS Routing via NIBSS, UPSL
✈️US Imposes Temporary Visa Freeze on Nigeria, Others
🏢Moniepoint Launches Moniebook
💵NALA Gets Ghana Approval

👤IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

Nigeria’s NIN Enrolment Hits 123.9m

Nigeria’s NIN enrolment has reached 123.9 million as of October 2025, covering just over half of the population. While progress has been steady, major gaps remain, including uneven state-level coverage, a wide gender imbalance, and low diaspora participation. The figures highlight momentum in Nigeria’s digital ID drive, but also the need for faster, more inclusive enrolment to achieve near-universal coverage.........….continue reading

💵FINANCIAL REPORT

CBN Sets 30-Day Deadline for PoS Routing via NIBSS, UPSL

The Central Bank of Nigeria has given banks and payment service providers 30 days to route all PoS transactions through NIBSS and UPSL. The directive aims to standardise processing, improve settlement efficiency, strengthen oversight, and enhance fraud monitoring across Nigeria’s payments ecosystem. Non-compliant institutions risk regulatory sanctions as the CBN pushes for a more secure and unified digital payments framework...........….continue reading

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✈️TRAVEL

US Imposes Temporary Visa Freeze on Nigeria, Others

The United States has announced a temporary suspension of new visa issuance for Nigeria and several African countries, citing security, overstay rates, and compliance concerns. The freeze affects tourist, business, student, and exchange visas, while diplomatic visas are exempt. Existing visa holders are largely unaffected, as affected governments engage U.S. authorities to ease the restrictions ahead of early 2026 implementation...........….continue reading

🏢FINTECH

Moniepoint Launches Moniebook

Moniepoint has launched Moniebook, a unified POS and inventory management platform built for SMEs. The solution combines payments, real-time stock tracking, sales analytics, and staff management in one system, helping businesses reduce operational friction and make data-driven decisions. Tested by over 4,000 merchants during beta, Moniebook processed more than ₦19 billion in transactions, reinforcing Moniepoint’s push beyond payments into full-scale SME business management tools...............…continue reading

💵REMITTANCES

NALA Gets Ghana Approval

African fintech NALA has secured approval from the Bank of Ghana, enabling regulated remittance services into the country through a partnership with licensed provider BigPay. The move strengthens NALA’s West African expansion and improves faster, compliant transfers to Ghanaian bank accounts and mobile wallets...............…continue reading