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Nigeria: Emefiele orders release of N3.5bn rebate to exporters
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele has ordered the release of N3.5 billion rebate to exporters who have brought in foreign ...
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Nigeria: NDPB Urges NIMC to Upscale Data Protection Process to Earn the Trust of Nigerians
The Nigeria Data Protection Bureau (NDPB) has kickstarted efforts in the full implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) of the present ...
Kenya
Kenya: Kenya plans to deploy 100,000 Km of fibre optic infrastructure
The government of Kenya has unveiled plans to deploy 100,000 Km of fibre optic infrastructure across the country. This is according to information contained in Kenya’s ...
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Nigeria’s Kudi, Africa’s Financial Technology Company, Changes Name to Nomba
Makes strategic appointments to expand business as it provides a gateway between cash and digital African Financial Technology Company, today, changes name to Nomba ...
Innovation
Kenya: Kenya launches ten-year ICT Masterplan to capitalise on innovation
Kenya’s government has launched a ten-year ICT Masterplan, a blueprint it says will help chart a digital course for the country towards growth ...
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Nigeria: Digital banking platform, Umba raises $15 million for expansion
Umba, a Nigerian digital banking platform operating in Lagos, Nigeria, has raised $15 million in Series A funding to expand financial products to ...
Innovation
Nigeria: FG Partners Africa Chamber Of Digital Commerce, 3air To Train Youth On Visual Programming/Coding Technology
The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy under the leadership of Professor Isa Ali Pantami partners with the Africa Chamber of Digital ...
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South Africa: Reserve Bank warns that Ukraine war poses risk to inflation
South Africa’s central bank warned that mounting price pressures stemming from the war in Ukraine risk de-anchoring inflation expectations as it announced the ...
Africa
Africa: AfDB, AU Ink Agreement to Bolster Africa’s Global Progress
Monique Nsanzabaganwa, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and Yacine Fal, the African Development Bank Group’s Acting Vice President for Regional Development, ...
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NCC: SIM-NIN linkage pre-condition for unbarring call
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday urged subscribers barred from making calls from their phones to link their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) with ...