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Nigeria: Airtel’s SmartCash Payment Service Bank commences operations in Nigeria
Airtel Africa Plc has announced that its payment service bank subsidiary, SmartCash, has commenced operations in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement ...
Kenya
Kenyan retail-tech startup Bamba raises $3.2m seed round
Kenya’s Bamba, a mobile-first enterprise software for micro-merchants in Africa, has secured US$3.2m in seed funding to scale its app and build out ...
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Nigeria’s diaspora remittances set to increase
Based on a World Bank report, remittance flows to low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are expected to increase by 4.2% this year to ...
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Nigeria: NowNow Introduces Nigeria’s First Fully Integrated NFC Wallet
African Fintech , NowNow Digital Systems Limited, has launched a first of its kind fully integrated near field communication (NFC) enabled wallet, which ...
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Zimbabwe: Zim lifts lending ban as currency and stock exchange nosedive
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Tuesday lifted the the lending freeze imposed just over a week ago, saying its Financial Intelligence Unit ...
Africa
Africa: Skaleet and Mobiblanc announce partnership for a cutting-edge technology to serve banks across Africa
The partnership will ensure that financial institutions have the capacities to launch new digital and innovative financial solutions that they can provide to ...
Ghana
Ghana: Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) Launches its National Digital Academy in Ghana
The national digital academy will support the uniquely identified digital skills priority needs at the national level Smart Africa’s (www.SmartAfrica.org) capacity building arm, ...
Egypt
Egypt: Egyptian startup Doxx raises $1.5M in seed round
The Egyptian start-Up Doxx raised $1.5 million in seed round, with expansions to close the cycle of patients’ needs, while continuing to be ...
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South Africa: Disney+ launches in South Africa
Streaming service Disney+ has launched in South Africa. At launch, the Walt Disney Company confirmed standard pricing at R119 per month, or R1190 for an ...
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Nigeria: Nigeria’s Q1 trade deficit rose by 175%, hit $764m – CBN
The value of Nigeria’s international trade deficit rose by 175.13 per cent from $152.94m in January 2022 to $420.79m in March 2022, according ...