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Sudanese Islamic Bank Obtains Mastercard Licence to Offer Debit, Credit, & Prepaid Payment Cards
Faisal Islamic Bank (FIB) in collaboration with Network International, the leading enabler of digital commerce across Africa and the Middle East, has become ...
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SA’s Ukheshe & Kenya’s KCB in Banking Deal to Boost East African Payment Services
South African digital fintech platform provider, Ukheshe, has partnered with the Kenya-based lender KCB Bank Kenya to allow Ukheshe to immediately issue both physical ...
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Ethiopia sees jump in mobile payments despite COVID-19
 Less than 35% of Ethiopians have access to financial services. Most bank branches are clustered around Addis Ababa and other urban areas, whereas ...
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Nigeria’s IROKO plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange AIM in 2022
IROKO, a Nigerian-based media company, could file to go public in the next 12 months on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) Alternative Investment ...
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Clubhouse joins the list of censored apps in China
Thousands of Clubhouse users from China suddenly found themselves unable to access the platform early in the week. Clubhouse, a social network based ...
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Big data VC OpenOcean hits $111.5M for third fund, appoints Ekaterina Almasque to GP
OpenOcean, a European VC which has tended to specialise in big data-oriented startups and deep tech, has reached the €92 million ($111.5 million) ...
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NSE’s Demutualisation Excites Corporate Affairs Commission DG
The Registrar-General/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, has expressed excitement at the demutualisation of the Nigerian ...
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Standard Bank set to raise its stake in Angola – Sola David-Borha, CEO
The Johannesburg-based Standard Bank has expressed interest in raising its stake in its Angola unit after an investor in the business was detained ...
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Y Combinator pours $125k into Philippine edtech firm for software developers
Philippine-based edtech firm Avion School has raised US$125,000 from startup accelerator Y Combinator to build a school that teaches Filipinos how to become global ...
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ION to buy Dash
ION Investment Group is set to snap up another fintech, agreeing to buy options technology and execution provider Dash Financial Technologies. Irish outfit ...