Kenya
Kenya: Taxpayers to deposit 50pc of disputed tax at CBK before suing KRA
Firms and individuals fighting the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in courts over tax demands will have to deposit 50 percent of the disputed ...
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean central bank to introduce $100 note
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Wednesday said that it was set to introduce a new 100 Zimbabwean (ZWL) dollar note. This followed ...
Kenya
MasterCard Awards Two Kenyan Women
MasterCard Women SME Leaders Awards 2022 has named two Kenyans for their achievements. Carole Kinoti, a social fashion entrepreneur, was named The Retailer, alongside ...
Ghana
Ghana: E-Cedi must be implemented to forestall disruptions in payment space – BoG
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has noted that in recent years, the idea of issuing digital currencies by central banks has been topical around the ...
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Nigeria: Zenith Bank Pays Shareholders N97.33 Bln as Dividend
Shareholders of Zenith Bank Plc, at the 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the bank held on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, at the ...
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South Africa looking at introducing ‘digital rand’
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is actively experimenting with digital currency and distributed-ledger technology, but this cannot be done in isolation from ...
Kenya
Kenya: Unregistered SIM Card Users Face Switch-Off By April 15 – Chiloba
The Communications Authority (CA) of Kenya has warned that mobile phone subscribers who fail to register their details with their respective telecommunication service ...
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Rwanda: Rwanda Launches Africa’s First Centre of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The government of Rwanda has announced the launch of the Centre of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR), the first of its kind to ...
Africa
African startup ImaliPay raises USD 3 mln in seed funding
Pan-African fintech startup with a focus on gig economy ImaliPay has announced it received USD 3 million in a seed funding round, with the participation ...
Namibia
Namibia: Central Bank Expected to Raise Interest Rate Next Week
As the Bank of Namibia readies to announce the monetary policy decision on 13 April, economists expect the repo rate to be raised ...