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Google shares its $2M Black Founders Fund among 30 European startups
Google has selected 30 startups to receive a share of its $2 million Black Founders Fund in Europe, providing these companies with a ...
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10 Rwanda startups that make it to Sustech4Rwanda programme to get debt financing support
10 eligible Rwanda startups will receive debt financing support of up to €50,000 accompanied by acceleration coaching through a business accelerator programme dubbed ...
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NIMC captures 15m enrollees in 7 months — DG
The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC has revealed that 56 million enrollees have so far been captured in the NIN database. The marginal ...
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Nigeria: MTN, Airtel make N720.1 billion from voice, data, and other services in 3 months
MTN Nigeria and Airtel Nigeria made N720.07 billion from Voice, Data, and Other services between January and March 2021. This is an increase ...
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Nigeria’s broadband penetration: 41.18% in March 2021
Latest statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) indicates that Nigeria’s broadband penetration as at March 2021 stands at 41.18 per cent ...
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Borrowings from CBN Jump 7-Fold as Banks Battle Liquidity Stress
Borrowings from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Standing Lending Facility (SLF) jumped 7-fold over heightened liquidity pressure facing Nigerian banks, CardinalStone Partners ...
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Report: Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya are Africa’s top fintech hubs
Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria are the top fintech hubs as per a report by the Africa Fintech State of the Industry 2020 ...
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Worldline to acquire Cardlink
Worldline has announced the signing of a bidding agreement for the acquisition of 92.5% of the share capital of Cardlink, the Greece-based Network ...
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Safaricom targets 250 sites for 5G by year end
Kenya’s Safaricom has announced it wants to increase the number of 5G sites in the country to 250 by the end of the ...
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37 percent of UK-based businesses lost over GBP 60,000 from cross-border payments post-Brexit
ECOMMPAY has revealed in a research that 37% UK-based businesses have lost revenue from cross-border card payments post-Brexit. According to the press release, the data ...
