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Nigeria: 94 Digital Money Lenders Approved by the Nigerian Government
The operations of 94 businesses as digital money lenders in Nigeria have been authorized by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). ...
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Nigeria: CBN Hikes Benchmark Interest Rate to 17.5%
As inflation fighting gets dirty, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at its first meeting of the ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Mafab Communications beats NCC deadline, begins 5G rollout
Mafab Communications, the second company issued a 5G license by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has beaten the telecom regulator’s deadline as it ...
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Nigeria: CBN Collects N370bn as Stamp Duty in 6 Years -Emefiele
Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the total revenue collected as stamp duty in six years between 2016 ...
Kenya
Kenya: Court Declines To Extend Order On Bank-To-Mobile Money Transfer Charges
Kenyans will continue paying for mobile money wallet and bank transactions after the High Court declined to extend the temporary orders that had stopped the ...
Madagascar
Orange Madagascar, NuRAN partner to connect underserved
Multinational telecommunications company Orange Madagascar has signed a ten-year agreement with Canadian telecoms infrastructure provider NuRAN Wireless for the deployment of up to ...
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Nigeria: FIRS Breaks Record as Tax Collections Spike to N10.1trn
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced that it collected over N10 trillion in tax revenue in the year 2022, the highest ...
Morroco
Morocco’s e-Logistics Startup, Cathedis, Raises $735K in a Pre-Series A Round
Cathedis, a delivery and e-logistics startup based in Morocco, raised $735K in a pre-series A funding round. The round was divided into 5 ...
CAR
CAR: Central African Republic Forms a Committee to Draft Crypto Bill
The Central African Republic has formed a committee of experts from several government ministries to draft crypto legislation, President Faustin-Archange Touadera said in ...
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Zambia joins Ghana in its quest to restructure its debt under the G20 Common Framework
Much like Ghana, the Southern African nation of Zambia is in need of debt restructuring. On Monday (January 23, 2022), the president of ...