Tanzania
Tanzania: Airtel Tanzania appoints Dinesh Balsingh new managing director
Dar es Salaam. Airtel Tanzania has Wednesday, January 12 announced the appointment of Mr Dinesh Balsingh as managing director, following the resignation of George ...
Ethopia
Ethiopia: Ethiopia licence hitch stalls M-Pesa expansion plan
Ethiopia has suspended bids for a second telecommunication licence that was to include mobile money, stalling Safaricom’s quest to launch M-Pesa in the country. The ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: FG approved N152bn IT projects in 12 months, says minister
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Patami, has disclosed that the National Information Technology Development Agency approved 499 Information Technology ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Kwik Delivery Reaches 100,000 Customers and Announces +400% GMV & Revenue Growth for 2021; Forecasts Aggressive Growth for 2022 Across All Verticals
Kwik is one of the few digital players able to propose access to end-to-end fulfillment and delivery services to its customers Kwik Delivery ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Fintechs in Nigeria, others raised N1.5trn in 2021 – Report
According to a report by TechCrunch, the amount raised in 2021 was nine times more than what was raised five years ago. It ...
Egypt
Egypt: e-Cards, MoneyFellows Partnership to Provide Digital Financing Solutions to Pension and Cash Support Beneficiaries
e-Cards, a subsidiary of e-finance Investment Group operating in integrated smart solutions, has signed an agreement with prominent fintech MoneyFellows to provide facilitated ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigeria’s private sector borrows N5.16 trillion from banks in 11 months 2021
Private sector credit rose to a record high of N35.31 trillion as of November 2021, representing N5.16 trillion net new loans between January ...
Uganda
Uganda: MTN Uganda Launches Momoadvance
MTN Mobile Money in partnership with NCBA Bank, has launched a new MTN MoMo overdraft service dubbed MoMoAdvance that will enable MTN MoMo ...
Liberia
Liberia: TipMe Liberia Customers Can Now Move Funds to and from their GTBank Accounts
TipMe Liberia announces that customers can transfer funds between their Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) accounts and TipMe wallets. Customers can now link their ...
Africa
Africa: Exness: The $1 trillion multi-asset broker expands its presence in Africa
Exness’ strategic expansion plans will cover countries like Uganda and Rwanda in 2022 Exness (www.Exness.com), one of the biggest multi-asset brokers in the ...