Ghana
Ghana: Attorney General okays sale of Vodafone Ghana to Telecel
After scrutinising documents relating to the transfer of shares in the sale of Vodafone Ghana to Telecel, the Attorney General has given clearance ...
Africa
Africa: EziPay and MFS Africa Partner to Support Remittances and Transactions
Intra-African, cross-border remittances and digital wallet company EziPay has partnered with digital payments gateway MFS Africa, to assist with remittances and collections to ...
Kenya
Kenya’s Smile Identity gets $20 million for expansion.
Smile Identity, a Nairobi-based identity verification company, has raised $20 million in a Series B fundraising round headed by Norrsken22 and Costanoa Ventures. ...
Egypt
Egypt’s Mobile Masr raises $500,000 in a seed round
In partnership with Intercap Capital Investment Bank, a group of angel investors from the United Arab Emirates and Qatar gave Mobile Masr a ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Mastercard Trust Centre partners with Nigerian fintech startup NowNow to improve cybersecurity for SMEs
Mastercard has partnered with Nigerian digital payment startup NowNow, to help SMEs reduce the risk of cyberattacks. There has been a significant increase ...
Gambia
Gambia: Bsic Bank Qualify to 1st Inter-Bank Championship Final
The Sahel-Saharan Bank for Investment (BSIC) over the weekend qualified to their first ever final of the late Governor Jatta Inter-Banks football tournament ...
News
Uganda: Govt Washes Its Hands of High Mobile Money Charges
Government has defended itself on the high charges while members of the public transaction on mobile money. “The tax on mobile money transaction ...
News
Rwanda: Central Bank’s Chief Economist On Strategies to Keep Inflation At Bay
The National Bank of Rwanda has increased its lending rate by 50 basis points from 6.5 percent to 7 percent in efforts to tame the ...
Africa
Africa: World Leaders, Private Sector Urged to Establish an International Green Bank to Win Climate Change Battle
As the effects of climate change escalate and natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and droughts become more frequent and severe, threatening lives ...
News
Nigeria: CBN Could Delay Repayment On $10.4 Billion Forex Loan – Moody’s
The money the CBN owes the banks are funds in the form of derivative transactions comprising forward contracts and swaps. The Central Bank ...