Safaricom has announced that its mobile money service M-Pesa has reached 50 million monthly active customers. M-Pesa Africa MD, Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, in a ...

KOICA (The Korea International Cooperation Agency) just signed a Record of Discussion with Rwanda’s Finance and Education ministries for the implementation of the US$7.1 million ...

Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Founder’s Fund, and Ribbit Capital led a $200 million Serie A round of funding into Wave – a U.S and Senegalese mobile money payment provider. Other players ...

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the launch of the LIT Application, created to revolutionise the culture and experience of mobile banking ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has proposed a fine of N200,000 for telecommunications companies that fail to verify and validate biometric, National Identity Number (NIN) ...

Seven entrepreneurs leveraging technology to ensure their startups provide sustainable solutions across and beyond Nigeria have been selected to participate in Endeavor Nigeria ...

Nigeria automotive tech company Autocheck has announced the acquisition of Checki Kenya and Uganda for an undisclosed amount. The two acquired car classifieds platforms were ...

Lacaisse.ma, a Morocco-based startup has received an undisclosed amount of funding from WitaMax. The startup launched in 2016 and offers a modern concept ...

MTN Ghana, the Ghanaian arm of Africa’s largest telecom, has donated $1.6-million (GHS10-million) to support the Girls in Information Communication Technology (ICT) Project. A ...

Global Finance Magazine named Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Tarek Amer as one of the world’s top ten central bankers ...