Kenya
Kenya: Shift to Digital Payment Systems Takes Shape in Kenya
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has developed the National Payment Strategy (NPS) 2022-2025 to formulate and implement policies that best promote the ...
News
Zimbabwe: Strive Masiyiwa retires from Econet Wireless
Zimbabwean telecommunications billionaire and founder of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Strive Masiyiwa has retired from the company he started almost three decades ago to pursue ...
News
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Internet Speed Ranks 16th in Africa . Airtel Emerges Fastest Operator
Airtel Nigeria has been rated the fastest network provider in Nigeria according to Crowdsourcing firm, SpeedChecker. In its 2021 report for Africa Nigeria ...
Ghana
Ghana: Bank of Ghana to adopt cautious approach in piloting e-cedi – Kwame Oppong
Head of Innovation and Fintech at the Bank of Ghana, Kwame Oppong has said it has adopted a cautious approach in piloting the bank’s ...
Africa
Africa: 3 African startups selected for SOSV MOX accelerator
Three African startups have been selected to take part in the 12th edition of the SOSV MOX accelerator, receiving up to US$150,000 in ...
Egypt
Egypt: Egypt launches $50 million VC programme to support tech startups
Nevine Gamea, Minister of Trade and Industry and Executive Director of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA), stressed the state’s ...
News
Nigeria: CBN unveils N65/$ rebate for non-oil exporters
Exporters will now enjoy a rebate of N65 for every dollar of Non-Oil export proceed sold to third parties through the official foreign exchange ...
News
Zimbabwe: RBZ Freezes Companies’ Bank Accounts for Money Laundering
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has ordered the freezing of bank accounts for four companies after detecting money ...
News
Nigeria: TradeDepot acquires Ghana’s GreenLion
The acquisition of Green Lion will help TradeDepot activities and presence in the country as it formerly operated in Accra only Over six ...
News
Zimbabwe: Econet scales up dominance with 5G
ZIMBABWE’S biggest mobile telecomnunications firm, Econet Wireless yesterday launched the country’s first high-speed Fifth Generation (5G) mobile broadband technology, moving the domestic market ...