Africa
Lesotho: Econet Simplifies Ecocash Payments
Econet Telecom Lesotho (ETL) has simplified Ecocash payments by integrating them with different businesses’ point-of-sale (POS) devices. The innovation is meant to enhance ...
Africa
Africa: Kaspersky Records Over 2 Million Phishing Attacks in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria in Six Months
Phishing attacks across the continent have baited unsuspecting victims into handing over bank information, ID numbers, and more. There was a reduction in ...
Ethopia
Ethiopia: Govt Announces Proposal for Partial Privatization of Ethio-Telecom
The Government of Ethiopia has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Partial Privatization of Ethio-Telecom to invite proposals from interested parties ...
News
Tanzania: BoT Upbeat to Support Private Sector Credit Expansion
The Tanzanian Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has agreed with the Central Bank on the proposal to sustain liquidity easing monetary policy in September ...
News
Uganda: Bou Explains Why Money Can’t Be Printed Locally
Bank of Uganda officials yesterday told Parliament that Uganda can’t afford to print its own currency because the “process is sophisticated and therefore ...
Africa
Wiseeasy and UnionPay launch digital products in Nigeria and Ghana
Digital banking and payments firm Wiseasy Group partners UnionPay International (UPI) to accelerate digital banking and QR payments in Ghana and Nigeria. Wiseasy ...
Egypt
Egypt B2B ecommerce platform Capiter raises $33M Serie A
Capiter, a Cairo-based B2B e-commerce startup has completed a $33 million Serie A in a round co-led by Quona Capital and MSA Capital ...
Kenya
Kenya: Cellulant, Ecobank and GAINDE 2000 Sign a Partnership with KenTrade to Provide a Payment Gateway to Enhance Service Delivery
With this new partnership, Importers and Exporters will enjoy premium services on the TradeNet system To offer efficient and robust services to their ...
News
Nigeria: Access Bank successfully launches $500 million Senior Unsecured Eurobond
Access Bank Plc has announced the successful launching of a $500 million 144A/RegS Senior Unsecured Eurobond, as part of its Global Medium-Term Note ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Agri-Tech start-up Releaf secures $4.2 million to boost food processing in Nigeria
Agri-tech start-up, Releaf, has raised a total of $4.2 million in seed funding and grants to support the development and scaling of technology ...