Africa
Eswatini: UnionPay in conjunction with SBS launches customer rewarding campaign
UnionPay International (UPI), Swaziland Building Society (SBS) and Buy ‘n Save Spar has launched a three-month customer rewarding campaign in eSwatini, celebrating an ...
News
Nigeria: PSBs are critical to financial inclusion drive – 9PSB CEO
Branka Mracajac, the chief executive officer, 9 Payment Service Bank (9PSB), has stressed the importance of Payment Service Banks (PSBs) in supporting the country’s financial ...
News
SA: E-waste regulations come into force, with threat of fines and jail time
New regulations dealing with the end-of-life management of lighting and electrical and electronic waste have come into full force in South Africa – ...
Intelligence
Nigeria Sees Higher Revenue from Company Tax in Q3, VAT Drops – NBS
Nigerian government sees improved corporates tax collections in the third quarter (Q3) of 2021, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) latest ...
News
Nigeria: Naira Gains as CBN Used $125 mln from External Reserves
The Nigerian local currency, naira, witnessed a moderate gain in the official foreign exchange window as Central Bank used up some $125 million ...
Africa
Mastercard and Meta come together to drive SMEs digitization in MEA
Payments technology firm Mastercard is collaborating with Meta to support the digitization and growth of SMEs across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) ...
Kenya
Kenya Power plans to connect rural homes with high-speed Internet
State utility firm Kenya Power, is looking to capitalise on the rapidly increasing mobile data use in the country by connecting millions of ...
News
Nigeria’s creative industry worth $4.5bn — Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has said the creative industry is an important one in the country, ...
News
Nigeria: NCC boosts tech innovation development through its policy, regulatory initiatives – Danbatta
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has outlined various policy and regulatory initiatives being implemented by the Commission to reiterate its commitment towards ensuring continuous development ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Kuda passes 2m customer milestone, Wins banking award
Kuda Microfinance Bank has announced that it has passed the two-million customer milestone, just six months after the bank signed up its one-millionth ...