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Meet the billionaire behind Nigeria’s airtime lending empire 

Posted on June 19, 2026 by CoreNews Africa

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…As regulators push to end years of market dominance As Nigerian regulators move to liberalise the country’s lucrative airtime credit

read more Meet the billionaire behind Nigeria’s airtime lending empire

   

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