Africa
AVCA to upskill Africa-focussed private capital professionals
The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association will establish an AVCA Training Academy to provide private investment professional development across the continent. As a ...
News
Rwanda: MTN to introduce charge on Momo-Pay for merchants
Mobile Money Rwanda will effective September 1, charge merchants and businesses a 0.5 per cent commission on payment received through the popular payment mode. ...
Kenya
Three Kenyans aiming for a spot in the Top 10 Africa’s Business Heroes Prize
Three remarkeable Kenyan enterpreneurs have made it to the final Top 20 Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) prize competition – a flagship philanthropic programme ...
Africa
Pan-African fintech startup, pawaPay, raises $9 million seed for expansion and talent recruitment
Africa-focused fintech company, pawaPay announced the raise of $9 million in seed financing to strengthen its mobile money payment solutions team, scale operations, ...
Nigeria
Fresh from funding and YC, Nigerian B2B marketplace Suplias aims to supercharge its growth
Nigerian startup Suplias, a B2B marketplace where mom and pop stores in Africa buy inventory from manufacturers using a mobile app, is targeting ...
Innovation
Nigeria: Zenith Bank launches intelligent chatbot, ZIVA
Zenith Bank Plc, has introduced an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered Chatbot on WhatsApp named ZIVA (Zenith Intelligent Virtual Assistant), which enables customers to ...
Africa
Angola: BNA Revokes Licences of Financial Institutions
Angola’s Central Bank (BNA) has again cancelled the licences of non-banking financial institutions saying they have repeatedly failed to comply with the rules ...
Ghana
Ghana: Tax Assessment, Payment App in the Offing – VP Bawumia Reveals
The Ministry of Finance and the Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, working with the Economic Management Team, have initiated work on ...
Egypt
EGYPT: BANKS WARN AGAINST FRAUDULENT PRACTICES FOLLOWING BANQUE MISR PHISHING INCIDENTS
Banks operating in the Egyptian market have warned their customers of fraudulent practices that they could be exposed to as a result of ...
News
Nigeria: FIRS fines Multichoice with $2.2 billion tax bill
The tax dispute between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and MultiChoice Group Ltd., Africa’s biggest pay-TV provider, has intensified, as the authorities ...