Innovation
Nigeria: FirstBank Partners NIBSS to Drive Digital Payment With NQR
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services organisation has announced its partnership with Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc ...
Innovation
Nigeria: Appzone Launches Next Generation Payment Infrastructure for Africa on Blockchain
Appzone Group, sub-Saharan Africa’s leading fintech software company has announced the launch of Zone, the continent’s first blockchain platform for payment processing that ...
Startup
Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator inviting SMEs offering clean energy services
The Uganda Enterprise Finance Accelerator is fully funded by the EU Uganda delegation Green businesses operating in Uganda are urged to apply for ...
News
Nigeria: NDIC to collaborate with bankers’ committee, others to tackle cybercrimes
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is in collaboration with the bankers’ committee and other government agencies to check the increasing impact of ...
South Africa
SA startup SweepSouth to expand further across Africa
SweepSouth expanded into Kenya in 2020, and began operation in Nigeria this month South Africa startup SweepSouth has announced its intent to expand further across ...
News
Nigeria: CBN says Nigerian banks are stable, resilient as NPL ratio drops
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured that deposit money banks in the country have remained stable, robust and resilient despite the ...
News
Nigeria: FG to unveil eNaira Monday, says CBN
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will formally unveil the Nigerian Central Bank Digital Currency, known as the eNaira, on Monday, at ...
News
Nigeria: NCC alerts Telecom consumers on Flubot Malware
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted millions of Nigerian telecom consumers of the existence of new, high-risk and extremely-damaging, Malware called Flubot. ...
News
Nigeria: FG mulls bill Startups to aid digital economy
The Federal Government has said it is working on a bill – the Nigeria Startup Bill (NSB)- that will aid digital economy in ...
Ghana
Ghana: BoG To Introduce Directives For PwDs To Ensure Financial Inclusion
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to introduce directives aimed at promoting financial inclusion by focusing on eliminating the barriers that affect the ...