Africa
East Africa: Mansa Digital Platform to Boost SMEs in EAC
Mansa digital platform will enable companies and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to trade confidently across Africa. This will cut down the transaction ...
Kenya
Kenya: Bank Employees to Learn Sign Language Under New Deal Signed By KBA
Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) has signed a deal with Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSD Kenya) and software engineering firm Deaf eLimu Plus to ...
Egypt
Egypt logistics startup ILLA to scale offering after closing a $2M seed round
Cairo-based fragmented logistics startup ILLA has raised $2 million and is looking to scale across Egypt. As a full-stack delivery solutions startup, ILLA supports ...
Innovation
Nigeria: Zenith Bank introduces SME Grow My Business Product
Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Zenith Bank Plc, has introduced what it called, ‘Zenith Bank SME Grow My Business Product’, saying it provides a ...
Ghana
Ghana: Glovo to inject 3.5m euros into Ghana’s economy
Delivery service provider, Glovo is embarking on a key expansion drive to ensure that it’s services are available to other parts of the ...
News
Nigeria: CBN says governments will be able to send direct payments to citizens using the eNaira
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that the eNaira can serve as a medium for the government to send direct payments ...
Nigeria
MFS Africa acquires Baxi, expands into Nigeria
Subject to approval from the Central Bank of Nigeria, the deal is the second highest fintech acquisition in Nigeria to date. Pan-African digital ...
News
Nigeria: CSCS Board Renews Jalo-Waziri’s Appointment as MD/CEO
The Board of Directors of Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, has reappointed Mr. Haruna Jalo-Waziri as managing director/chief executive officer (MD/CEO) for ...
Egypt
Egypt Establishes 1st Infrastructure to Provide IOT Services
Telecom Egypt signed on Monday 18/10/2021 a cooperation agreement with the global Nokia Corporation with the aim of establishing the first infrastructure in ...
Regulatory
Zimbabwe: ZSE Lifts Cassava Trading Suspension
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has lifted the 18-day long trading suspension on tech-giant Cassava Smartech’ shares after the company complied with statutory ...