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Nigeria: SEC says 60% of financially-excluded adults below 35years, advocates technology in financial-inclusion
According to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), 60% of the financially-excluded in Nigeria are adults under the age of 35, implying that ...
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Nigeria: AMCON to Publish Debtors’ List in January 2022
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has concluded arrangements to publish the full list of the names of individuals, institutions as well ...
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Zimbabwe’s controversial cyber bill signed into law
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law the ‘dreaded’ and controversial Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill, which passed through the Senate ...
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Nigeria: Ecobank Names Jubril Lawal MD Designate as Patrick Akinwuntan Nears Retirement
Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African banking group, announces that Jubril Mobolaji Lawal has been appointed as Regional Executive and Managing Director designate of ...
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Tanzania: ICT Ministry Launched National Physical Addressing (NaPA)
THE Ministry of Information, Communication and Information Technology has launched the National Physical Addressing (NaPA) system in Mwanza City which marks official beginning ...
Africa
Seychelles: Absa Bank Installs First Touch-Free, App-Driven ATM in Seychelles
Absa Bank Seychelles has launched the first touch-free ATM service in Seychelles where customers will be able to use their smartphones to withdraw ...
Kenya
Kenya: B2B MarketForce joins hands with Cellulant for African expansion
The Kenya-based B2B retail and financial services distribution MarketForce has partnered with local fintech Cellulant to expand the first’s RejaReja super app into five additional African ...
Ghana
Ghana: NIC Board Charged to Increase Insurance Penetration
The reconstituted board of the National Insurance Commission (NIC), has been charged to work hard to deepen insurance penetration in the informal sector ...
Africa
Zambia’s “New Dawn” should extend to digital rights
In his inauguration speech on August 24, 2021, President Hakainde Hichilema declared a “new dawn” for Zambia. It is critical that this transformation ...
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Nigeria: PenCom Says RSA Data Recapture Will Tackle Irregularities
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) says its pilot Data Recapture Exercise (DRE) for Retried Savings Account (RSA) would help to tackle irregularities in ...