Africa
African Development Bank signs agreement to fund regional financial market infrastructure of the West African Monetary Union
The grant will fund the creation of a digital platform to automate securities issuance for the regional financial market The African Development Bank ...
Ghana
Ghana: Ghanaian logistics startup Boxconn swiftly goes pan-African
Ghanaian logistics startup Boxconn has already launched operations in Nigeria and Botswana, and plans further expansion having already facilitated thousands of deliveries. Founded ...
Kenya
Nairobi-based fintech startup M-Kopa secures $75M as it hits two million customers
The round was led by Generation Investment Management and Broadscale Group, with participation from new investors, including LocalGlobe’s Latitude Fund and HEPCO Capital ...
Africa
Africa: Telesat, Liquid Intelligent Technologies Set To Scale Telesat Lightspeed services Across Africa
Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, and Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a leading pan-African technology group, ...
Kenya
Kenya: Retail-tech startup Cartnshop raises $400k
Kenya is the fastest-growing retail market in Africa, and startups like Cartnshop push to maintain the country’s position as market leaders Kenya’s own ...
Innovation
Zimbabwe: Econet taps Ericsson to launch 5G in Zimbabwe
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe in partnership with Ericsson, has launched 5G services in Harare, Zimbabwe, in a significant milestone for the country’s largest mobile ...
Namibia
Namibia: BoN Predicts a Better 2022
The Bank of Namibia (BoN) has predicted that the local economy would grow by some N$13,5 billion at current prices this year – ...
Ghana
Ghana: ‘E-Levy Will Expand Tax Base for Sustained Dev’t – Reduce Debt Burden’ – President Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has described the proposed e-levy as an innovative fiscal measure, which will help improve ...
News
Nigeria: PenCom says over N4 billion remmitted to RSAs by 1,526 organisation in Q4 2021
The National Pension Commission stated that 1,526 organizations had remitted a total sum of N4,047,499,080.64 into the Retirement Savings Accounts of their employees ...
Africa
Africa: MTN Group becomes the first African company to enter the metaverse with land ownership on Africarare
MTN today became the first African company to enter the metaverse by purchasing land in Africarare. Africarare which made its debut in South ...