Africa
Eastern Africa BFSI Summit 2021: Digital Transformation Accelerates Open Banking Ecosystem
Following the effects of the pandemic, digital transformation has become one of the necessities for enterprises Business leaders and ICT experts from Eastern ...
Africa
GVG announces seamless payments interoperability solution for Governments
The solutions shall also be available to Central Banks and is equipped with monitoring and management functionalities Global Voice Group (GVG), a leading ...
Ethopia
SA: Vodacom eyes more stake in Safaricom Ethiopia
Vodacom Group has signed a deal that could see it buy an additional 10.9 percent stake in Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia from UK’s sovereign ...
News
Nigeria: CBN supports MSMEs across the country with N477.78 billion
With the aim of supporting MSMEs across the country, the CBN disbursed N134.57 billion to Agribusiness/Small and Medium Enterprise Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS), and ...
Africa
Nigeria: Zenith Bank picks Oracle for worldwide tech overhaul
Nigeria’s Zenith Bank has signed a landmark deal with OracleFS to overhaul its core banking systems and trade finance operations. The bank, founded ...
News
Nigeria: Fed Govt directs VAT remittances by firms to FIRS
As the deadline for the remittance of the Value Added Tax (VAT) for August expires today, the Federal Government has told companies to ...
Egypt
EGYPT:MISR DIGITAL INNOVATION PARTNERS WITH VISA TO LAUNCH ITS SERVICES IN EGYPT
Misr Digital Innovation (MDI) announced, on Sunday, its alliance with Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, to provide core and digital solutions ...
Innovation
Tanzania: Equity Launches Forex Transaction Platform
EQUITY Bank has launched EazzyFX, an electronic channel for settling forex transactions to enable customers to execute transaction requirements in real-time in a ...
Egypt
EGYPT’S CENTRAL BANK ISSUES LE 12B IN T-BONDS
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), on behalf of the Ministry of Finance has issued LE 12 billion in treasury bonds (T-bills) on ...
Innovation
SA: Standard Bank and AWS to build African Innovation Lab
South Africa’s Standard Bank, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), are collaborating to jointly build an African Innovation Lab, which will act as an ...