Startup
How Tanzanian agri-tech startup East Africa Fruits plans to scale after $3.1m Series A round
Tanzanian agri-tech startup East Africa Fruits hopes to with more than 10,000 farmers and 15,000 businesses, and expand into new verticals, after raising ...
Africa
Uber Cash launches in Africa with Flutterwave, MPesa integrations
You can now take an Uber ride when you run out of both physical cash and money in your bank account. The ride-hailing ...
Nigeria
PFAs invest N54.35bn pension funds in infrastructure – PENCOM
Pension Funds Administrators have invested N54.35bn of the total assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme in infrastructure as of the end of April. ...
Nigeria
Is the Pandemic Fuelling Mobile Money Transactions uptake in Nigeria
With businesses struggling because of coronavirus lockdown measures, the use of mobile money and “no touch”, cashless transactions in business is growing rapidly. The use ...
Nigeria
Banks Urged to Expand Financial Inclusion
Financial institutions have been urged to provide services and products such as micro-insurance, micro-credit, among others. In a recent communiqué, the Consumer Awareness ...
Nigeria
Over 100million Nigerians have no identity – NIMC Boss
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says more than 100 million Nigerians have no form of identification. Aliyu Aziz, director-general of the NIMC, ...
Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority Targets Traders With Multiple Mobile Money Lines
The Zimbabwean Revenue Authority (Zimra) is upgrading its audit and mandatory data gathering to combat unscrupulous traders using multiple personal mobile money lines ...
Nigeria
Pantami tasks NCC to implement digital economy agenda
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has asked the re-appointed Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. ...
Nigeria
NSE moves to manage Enterprise wide risks and reduce costs of Regtech, Launches SentryGRC
In furtherance of it’s leadership role, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has taken a bold step to develop a new industry technology platform ...
Nigeria
NCC Signs MoU with FIRS on VAT revenue assurance of Telecoms transactions
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), to ensure the tax agency ...