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KPMG unveils blockchain solution to track climate emissions
International accounting firm KPMG has unveiled its blockchain based Climate Accounting Infrastructure (CAI) solution to help organizations measure, report, ...
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Toward a New Impact Narrative for Financial Inclusion
How do financial services impact the lives of poor people? Though the global development community has debated this question for ...
Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa attracted $3.9 billion VC deals in 6 years
613 VC deals valued at $3.9 billion occurred in Africa between 2014 and 2019. Fintechs, information technology firms, and other ...
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SMEs must leverage technology for growth in new normal – John Obaro
With businesses around the world continuing to grapple with the realities of a disrupted landscape on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, they must ...
Uganda
Only 19% of Women Use Internet in Uganda, Study Shows
Women in Uganda use the Internet far less than men according to a new survey from the World Wide Web Foundation which found ...
Startup
BIS Innovation Hub and Saudi G20 Presidency announce TechSprint winners
Three winners of hackathon-style competition to highlight the potential of technology for regulators and supervisors announced. Winning firms FNA, Tookitaki and ISDA-REGnosys tackled ...
Africa
Driving Financial Inclusion for African Farmers
More than half of the population of sub-Saharan Africa works in the agriculture sector, but most farmers in the region still do not ...
News
Saudi Arabia Witnesses Largest Bank Merger in Middle East, North Africa
Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank said it will purchase rival lender Samba Financial Group in a deal valued at $14.8 billion, creating what ...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 13.7%, highest in 30 months
Nigeria’s inflation rose to 13.7 per cent in September, hitting its highest level since its 13.34 per cent rate of March 2018. The ...
Startup
10 startups named finalists for $1.5m Africa Netpreneur Prize
Ten finalists have been selected for the Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI), which will offer selected innovative tech startups access ...
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Ebang aims to set up digital financial platform in New Zealand
Ebang, a major Chinese Bitcoin (BTC) mining equipment supplier, is planning to acquire a financial firm in New Zealand to set up a ...
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Leveraging Digitized Social Welfare Programs to Deepen Female Financial Inclusion in Africa
The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that widespread adoption and use of digital payments and financial services could increase the GDP of all emerging ...
Startup
Why corporate-focused accelerators are the way of the future in Africa
Accelerators backed by or focused on corporates are the way of the future on the continent given the mutual benefits to be had. ...
Ghana
How Ghana’s New Digital Finance Policy Can Drive Women’s Inclusion
Ghana made waves earlier this year when it launched the world’s first digital financial services (DFS) policy, building on the past five years of ...
News
Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack for $200M+ to expand into the African continent
When Stripe announced earlier this year that it had picked up another $600 million in funding, it said one big reason for the ...
Intelligence
World Payments Report 2020 COVID-19 drives transformation
The latest version of the World Payments Report has been released, payment firms are being pushed rapidly into transformation, even as they handle ...
Regulatory
CBN to sanction exporters who default on export proceed number
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has moved to sanction exporters who ship out goods without Nigerian Export Proceed (NXP) numbers. While making ...
Startup
Why Itanna Invested $150,000 in Indicina Technologies
Itanna, the venture capital arm of Honeywell Group, announced its participation in Indicina Technologies’ most recent round of seed funding, investing $150,000 in ...
Nigeria