Kenya
Kenya: CBK Gives Banks a Year to Effect Climate-Related Rules
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has given all banks and mortgage finance companies one year to integrate climate risk management in their ...
Africa
Liberia: Bettomax Liberia Launches Mobile Money Partnership
In an effort to maximize technology and ensure that Liberia gradually transitions to a cashless economy BETTOMAX Liberia and LoneStar cell MTN sealed ...
Africa
African startups selected to the 5th class of Techstars Toronto Accelerator
Africa-focussed startups have dominated the fifth class of TechStars Toronto occupying 8 of the 12 startups to participate in the prestigious Canada accelerator ...
Rwanda
Rwanda: Payday becomes first Rwandan firm to join Techstars
Payday, a Pan-African Fintech startup, becomes the first Rwandan company in history to join the prestigious Techstars Toronto Accelerator program. Techstars is an ...
Innovation
Nigeria: eNaira would boost diaspora remittance flows – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that the eNaira would ultimately boost remittance inflow to the country. The apex bank stated ...
News
Nigeria: It’s dangerous to link your SIM to another subscriber’s NIN –NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission has advised telecommunication subscribers not to allow their National Identification Numbers to be linked to another person’s Subscriber Identity ...
Africa
Djibouti Telecom builds new submarine cable landing station
Djibouti Telecom, has announced it has begun construction of new submarine cable landing station (CLS) Djibouti City. The company has network infrastructure comprising ...
Ghana
Bank of Ghana raises fraud alert against “Worldremit” Ponzi Scheme
The Bank of Ghana has identified a Ponzi or money doubling scheme operating in Ghana, using the pseudo name, “Worldremit.” The bank, therefore, ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Sendbox adds $1.8 million to capital base
Nigeria’s Sendbox, closes $1.8m seed funding to scale its logistics-for-social-commerce operations Africa’s tech space is getting a lot of attention lately, courtesy of ...
Africa
Tunisia: Orange Ventures invests in Tunisia last-mile delivery startup Lamma
Tunisia’s last-mile delivery startup Lamma has raised an undisclosed investment round from Orange Ventures. Hamza Guesmi and Koussi Aymen founded the ultra-fast logistics fintech in 2021 ...
