Ghana
Ghana: Vodafone cash and MobileMoney Limited partner to enable merchant interoperability
Vodafone Ghana Mobile Financial Services Limited (Vodafone Cash) and MobileMoney Limited (MML) have enabled interoperability services that allow MTN Mobile Money and Vodafone ...
Madagascar
Madagascar: UNFPA funds an incubator center in Antananarivo
The youth needs digital skills and opportunities to make a productive contribution to the digital future envisioned by leaders. To that end, authorities ...
Ghana
Ghana: Fitch Upgrades Ghana’s Ratings
Fitch Ratings has upgraded Ghana’s Long-Term (LT) Local-Currency (LC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC’ from ‘RD’. It said the issue ratings on ...
News
Nigeria: CBN raises MPR to 18%, cites subsidy removal, forex, climate conditions
The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has voted in its February 2023 meeting to raise its monetary policy rate (MPR) ...
News
Nigeria: E-bills payment falls by 44% over cash crunch – NIBSS
The value of electronic utility payments fell by 44.86 per cent in February despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy aimed ...
News
Nigeria: FG removes 5% tax on calls, data
The Federal Government has announced the removal of its proposed five per cent excise duty on telecommunication services. The government announced that this ...
Egypt
Egypt: Liquid Intelligent acquires Egypt’s Cysiv MEA
Liquid Intelligent Technologies has acquired Cysiv MEA, a technology company that was formerly SecureMisr, headquartered in Cairo. Cysiv MEA specialises in providing enterprise ...
Ghana
Ghana: Vodafone Cash leads charge for digital financial inclusion in Ghana
Vodafone Cash has highlighted its commitment to improving financial inclusion in the country at the Mobile Technology for Development Conference (MT4D, 2023), themed ...
News
Nigeria: FIRS Chief Urges Tax Administrators to Be Tech Savvy
Tax administrators must keep up with the dynamics occasioned by disruptive new technologies of the 21st century, and arm themselves with the necessary ...
Egypt
Egypt launches new stage of National Strategy for money laundering
The National Strategy for Money Laundering and Terrorism financing aims at boosting the national economy and achieving goals of sustainable development though protecting ...