Nigeria
Leading Industry Experts Chart a new course on the imperatives of repositioning the Financial Market for Growth
In the light of the prevalent economic realities of the pandemic across the globe, and its huge impact and implications for the financial ...
Morroco
How Can Morocco Take the Lead in Africa Health Technology Startup
With the appropriate mechanisms in place, Morocco’s health technology sector could thrive. Two hundred and thirty four African start-ups raised $2 billion in ...
Nigeria
Terminal operators ask Customs to deploy technology for cargo examination
The Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria, STOAN, Princess Vicky Haastrup, has decried the high rate of manual examination of cargoes at ...
Nigeria
NCC Unveils 5-Year Strategic Plan on Digital Economy
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami will today unveil a five year Strategic Management Plan (SMP) aimed at creating ...
Africa
Google for Startups Accelerator Africa selects 20 startups for virtual programme
Twenty African tech startups have been selected for the fifth cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa, which will take place virtually. ...
Nigeria
CBN Intervention Fund: We have disbursed N38B to 81,000 applicants – NIRSAL MD
30,000 applications denied 700 applications pending The Managing Director NIRSAL MfB, Abubakar Abdullahi Kure has stated that N38B (Thirty Eight Billion Naira) has ...
Nigeria
CBN unveils plans for non-interest facility in Anchor Borrowers’ Programme
Targets N432 billion for 2020 wet season To avert another round of recession in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has ...
Nigeria
CBN should intervene in maritime industry ― Shippers Council
Sets 2021 target for ports digitization, Freight forwarders to re-capitalise The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria ...
Startup
SA fintech startup Planet42 raises $2.4m to democratise access to mobility
South Africa-based fintech startup Planet42, which focuses on providing access to mobility to the underbanked, has raised US$2.4 million in funding to help ...
Startup
Futuregrowth invests in SA personal finance startup LifeCheq
Futuregrowth Asset Management has invested in LifeCheq, a startup that offers digitised holistic personal finance. LifeCheq, which was founded in 2015 by Abubakari Malik Addae, Shen ...