Kenya
Kenya’s Central Bank Gears Up For Open Banking in New 5-Year Strategy
The Central Bank of Kenya has published its 2021-2025 vision and strategy document which sets the agenda on the future of the country’s ...
Nigeria
CBN, 9mobile, others offer insights on financial inclusion deepening
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), 9mobile, Ecobank and Sanef, have offered a road map towards deepening financial inclusion in the country. They ...
Rwanda
How ready is Rwanda for FinTech investments?
As Rwanda establishes the Kigali International Financial Centre which aims at positioning Rwanda as a preferred financial hub for investments into Africa, Fin-tech ...
Nigeria
InfraCo Africa Invests $27m in InfraCredit to Finance Infrastructure
InfraCredit, a specialised local currency infrastructure credit guarantee institution, has announced the completion of a $27 million equity investment by InfraCo Africa, part ...
Nigeria
FG suspends issuance of Free Trade Zone licenses
The FG has announced the suspension of the issuance of licences for the operations of Free Trade Zones across the country. The Federal ...
Africa
Long-awaited Africa-wide free trade zone opens on January 1st
The AU summit had made a push for those countries not yet ready to trade on January 1 ‘to get on the bus’. ...
South Africa
How Mastercard’s digital payment drive is growing financial inclusion in South Africa
As a leading payment technology provider, Mastercard is helping South African fintechs and businesses drive digital growth and foster financial inclusion. This is ...
Africa
ICC and Africa investor launch global eTrade partnership to digitise five million SMEs in Africa
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Africa investor (Ai) are joining forces to launch a digitally empowered eTrade initiative to enable the ...
Africa
Africa’s economy to dip by 3.4% this year – AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina
Africa’s economic growth this year will decline by 3.4% as a result of the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the President of the ...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s diaspora remittance inflows could rise to $2bn monthly — Emefiele
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said that following the introduction of the new Diaspora Forex Remittances ...
