Ghana
Ghana: Fitch sees more than 50% chance of Ghana defaulting on debt repayment
Rating agency, Fitch, sees more than 50% chance of Ghana defaulting on its debt repayment. According to the rating agency, the country’s sovereign ...
Kenya
Kenya: Google to Build African Products at Nairobi’s Development Center
Google has said the opening of a Product Development Centre in Nairobi and software engineers hired from diverse backgrounds across Africa will enable ...
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Nigeria’s Touch and Pay Wins the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2022
Nigerian fintech Touch and Pay has won the 2022 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge and with it a US$50,000 cash prize — ...
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SA: NGO Partners Luno To Allow For Use Of Bitcoin In Its Charity Work
A partnership between cryptocurrency platform, Luno, and a nonprofit organization, FoodForward SA is seeking to allow South Africans to make donations in cryptocurrency. ...
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Nigeria: NCC Inaugurates Committee to Accelerate Broadband Infrastructure Deployment
In a bid to give verve to expansion of broadband services in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC) has inaugurated an industry-wide committee ...
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Nigeria: AfDB signs $50m deal with FCMB
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement with First City Monument Bank (FCMB) for a 50-million-dollar line of credit to support access to ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Eight clean energy start-ups receive $80,000 grant
Nigeria Climate Innovation Centre (NCIC) with support from All On Hub, has announced winners of the 2022 edition of their annual ideation incubation ...
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Uganda: URA Posts UGX26.9b Rental Income Tax Revenues in Q1 of FY 2022/2023
Following the deployment of the Rental Tax Compliance System in April 2022, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has collected UGX 26.9 billion in rental ...
Ghana
Ghana: Ghana risks further downgrade if IMF talks include debt restructuring
The international rating agency, Fitch may further downgrade Ghana’s creditworthiness status to RD to CC. According to a Bloomberg report, Fitch sees a ...
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Nigeria: NeuRMS Unveils Solution for Businesses to Reduce Forex Spent on Foreign Software
NeuRMS, an integrator of software and hardware solutions, has released a local software solution aimed at assisting the over 48 million Small and ...