Nigeria
Nigeria: NDIC Explains Delays in Paying Insured Deposits to Heritage Bank Customers
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has clarified why some customers of the now-defunct Heritage Bank have yet to receive their insured deposits. ...
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Nigeria: Access Bank Denies Allegations of Missing Funds and Unethical Behavior
Access Bank Limited has categorically dismissed recent allegations of missing funds and unethical practices circulating on social media. In a statement, the bank ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Banks and Corporations Raise Over ₦2.7 Trillion from Capital Market – SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that banks and other corporations have raised over ₦2.7 trillion from the Nigerian capital market ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: NCC Simplifies Telecom Tariff Plans to Enhance Consumer Clarity
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has taken a significant step to streamline the telecom sector by limiting operators to a maximum of seven ...
Africa
Ghana and The Gambia Collaborate on Free Roaming to Enhance Regional Connectivity
Ghana and The Gambia have partnered to implement a free-roaming initiative, a progressive step in West Africa’s digital transformation. This collaboration aims to ...
Africa
Africa: UDPN and FORUS Digital Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Financial Innovation Across Africa
Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN), a global leader in payments messaging for regulated stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), has announced a ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: NCC and CBN Collaborate to Resolve USSD Debt Dispute
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is collaborating with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address the protracted dispute between telecommunications operators and ...
Africa
As Fraud Tech becomes Cheaper, Identity Fraud Spikes across Africa
Driven by greater accessibility of ever-cheaper fraud technology, Fraud-as-a-Service is becoming a growing threat to African businesses, with identity fraud across the continent increasing at ...
Africa
Landmark Survey Reveals 86% of African Tech Founders Report Impact on Wellbeing—Yet 81% Enjoy the Journey
NAIROBI, Nov. 12, 2024—Flourish Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm with purpose, today published the first-ever, wide-scale survey of founder wellbeing in Africa, ...
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Nigeria: ICPC Targets 1,500 Government Projects Worth ₦610 Billion for Compliance Tracking
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has launched the seventh phase of its “Constituency and Executive Project Tracking Exercise,” ...