Norway-based biometric technology company Zwipe has announced it’s running a biometric payment card pilot in Africa, in collaboration with Egyptian company Masria Digital Payments (MDP). Zwipe ...

Ecobank’s Commercial Banking business has entered into a partnership with five insurance companies to offer Bancassurance solutions to Ecobank’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprise ...

Alitheia IDF, Africa’s first women-led and women-focused private equity fund, has announced the final close of its $100,000,000 fund. Led by principal partners ...

The Board of Executive Directors of Islamic Development Bank has approved a multi-year financial facility programme of 98 million dollars for the promotion ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has said that the Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (InfraCorp)  set up by the Federal Government to support ...

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced the acquisition of 85 percent shareholding of Choice Microfinance Bank Limited (Choice MFB) by Wakanda ...

Safaricom has partnered with Google and Transsion, the company behind TECNO, Infinix, and itel, to enable Kenyans to access more 4G devices under ...

The Ecobank Fintech Challenge is a flagship event of the Ecobank Group to support and enthuse early stage fintechs from across the African ...

Kenyan startup Wowzi has secured new funding to expand the reach of its platform, which turns social media users into brand influencers, to ...

Fitch Ratings has expressed confidence that most Nigerian banks will meet higher capital and liquidity requirements given a healthy metric in the sector. ...