Intelligence
Nigeria: MTN loses 7.5m subscribers over SIM card regulations, pays N73.3b tax in H1
The Federal Government of Nigeria’s Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card regulation has cut off about 7.5 million subscribers year-on-year (YoY) for the quarter ...
News
Nigeria: NCC awards N20m grant to four startups
The Nigerian Communications Commission has awarded N20 million grant to four Nigerian tech startups. This is in furtherance of its commitment to encourage ...
Nigeria
IdentityPass secures $360,000 Pre seed Funding to change digital identity verification experience across Africa
Identitypass, a Nigerian digital compliance and security company, which delivers seamless identity verification solutions to businesses in Africa has today secured $360,000 in ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: CBN Caps Loan at N5bn in New ‘100 for 100’ Policy
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set a maximum threshold of N5 billion to be accessed by an obligor under its new ...
Innovation
Nigeria: First Bank Unveils Fully Automated Self Service Branch
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced the launch of its fully automated branch, called the FirstBank Digital Experience Centre. The bank in ...
News
Nigerian Telecom Regulator to Generate N632bn Revenue
Telecommunication regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it is targeting revenue of N632.39 billion for the 2022 fiscal year. Executive Vice Chairman ...
News
Zimbabwe government announces social media surveillance
The government of Zimbabwe has announced that it has appointed a team to monitor activity on social media channels around the clock. This ...
Egypt
Egypt: A15 invests in Egypt fintech startup Sympl
A15 is a lead promoter of entrepreneurship and innovation with over 30 investments across MENA region A15, an Egypt-based venture capital firm supporting ...
Innovation
Kenya adopts the community networks licensing framework
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) formulated a Licensing and Shared Spectrum Framework for Community Networks, with contributions from KICTANet, the entire community, and ...
Startup
Zimbabwe: Cassava Smartech and Comviva win Silver in Two categories at Emerging Payments Awards
Cassava Smartech and Comviva won the silver for the Green financial inclusion initiative by mobile money platform EcoCash Cassava Smartech (https://bit.ly/3qjJTRG) Zimbabwe, trading ...