Fintech
Nigeria: Kora brings stablecoin payments and settlement to pan-African network
Nigerian-founded fintech Kora has launched One Rail, a new product that integrates stablecoin payments and settlement capabilities into its existing payment infrastructure for ...
Africa
Africa: Absa, Thunes expand partnership to strengthen cross-border payments across Africa
Absa Group has selected global payments infrastructure provider Thunes as a strategic Multicurrency Clearing (MCC) partner as the financial services group expands its ...
News
Nigeria: Telecoms contribution to Nigeria’s GDP rises to 9.72% in Q2 2026
Nigeria’s telecommunications sector increased its contribution to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to 9.72 per cent in the second quarter of 2026, ...
News
Nigeria: NIBSS payment stack surpasses 100 million transactions as digital inclusion expands
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) has recorded more than 100 million successful transactions on its National Payment Stack (NPS), marking another milestone ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: NGX, Nairobi Securities Exchange deepen push for cross-border capital market ties
Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) are advancing efforts to strengthen cross-border collaboration, with stakeholders from Nigeria and ...
Innovation
Nigeria: Thales Alenia Space to build Nigeria’s new NigComSat-2A satellite
Nigeria is set to expand its satellite communications capacity after Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with NIGCOMSAT Ltd to develop NigComSat-2A, a ...
Kenya
Kenya launches protected coastal cable system to strengthen digital infrastructure
Kenya is set to strengthen digital connectivity along its Indian Ocean coastline following the launch of the LuLu Coastal Cable System, the country’s ...
News
Nigeria: CBN data localisation rule raises skills, security and infrastructure concerns
Nigeria’s data-centre infrastructure has sufficient capacity to support the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) new payment-data localisation requirement, according to industry executives and ...
Ghana
Ghana: Asiama confirms departure from GoldBod board
Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama has disclosed that he resigned from the Board of Directors of the Ghana Gold ...
News
Nigeria’s telecom industry grapples with rising fibre cuts
Rising damage to fibre-optic infrastructure is putting increasing pressure on Nigeria’s digital economy, disrupting communications, digital payments, business operations and other services that ...
