News
Nigeria: Court frees Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia of money laundering charges
A Federal High Court in Lagos has freed Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia from money laundering charges brought against her by the Economic and Financial ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: NCC plans to revitalise telecom special numbering service segment
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is taking a decisive regulatory move to ensure sustainability, profitability and fair competition in the Special Numbering Service (SNS) segment of the ...
Innovation
Uganda: MTN Increases Senkyu Points On Momo Withdrawals and Makes Sending Money Free On Momo App
MTN Mobile Money Ltd has increased the number of Senkyu points a customer gets to 15 points for every Shs100 charged in MoMo ...
Ghana
Ghana: Republic Bank Launches Digital Suite Mobile Platform
Republic Bank has launched the Digital Suite platform which provides unique mobile services for customers to perform all financial transactions. The digital suite, ...
Egypt
Egypt: CBE – Women to Have Two Seats in All Banks’ Boards Under Sisi’s Directives
Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Tarek Amer said the decision of granting two seats of banks’ boards for women came within the ...
Africa
Seychelles Bankers Association Cautions on Fraudulent Online Transactions
The Seychelles Bankers Association is advising people to be more careful about who they share their bank details with after a number of ...
Intelligence
Nigeria leads Africa with $18bn as global remittances hit 7.3%
Nigeria again led the rest of Africa as remittances to low- and middle-income countries are projected to register a 7.3 percent to reach $589 ...
South Africa
NFT-Collateralizing South African Startup Raises $5 Million in Latest Seed Round
A South African startup, NFTfi, is reported to have recently raised $5 million which the company intends to use for boosting its business ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Purchasing Transformers, Poles not Responsibility of Electricity Consumers – FCCPC
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has declared that it is not the responsibility of electricity consumers/customers or communities to buy, ...
Africa
UniTeller and Thunes collaborate to expand services in APAC and Africa
US-based remittance payments processors UniTeller has partnered with Singapore’s global payments network Thunes to continue its global expansion in emerging markets in Africa and Asia Pacific. The ...