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Nigeria: CBN Names Remita Payment Service Provider Of The Year
Payment Service Provider, Remita Payment Services Limited (RPSL), has emerged as the Payment Service Provider of the year. The award was given by ...
Regulatory
Zimbabwe: Potraz licences new mobile operator
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has granted a licence to a mobile virtual network operator, Dolphin Telecoms.This will make Dolphin ...
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SA: SA economy needs 5% growth for years to cut unemployment – deputy SARB governor
South Africa’s economy needs to expand consistently at 5% for years to create jobs and lower an unemployment rate that’s among the world’s ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: CBN developing fresh regulations to tackle threats to financial systems, says Emefiele
17 million Nigerians not interested in electronic money transfersThreats posed to the financial service system informed the raising of a set of new ...
News
Nigeria: IMF warns Nigeria of dollarisation risks amid naira crash
As Nigeria battles with a crashing local currency and rising inflation, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned that dollarisation is hard to revert. The ...
Ghana
Ghana: 38% of GSE-listed companies have one or no females on Boards
Among the 35 companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange in 2022, women hold 25% of the board seats and 27% of the ...
News
Nigeria: CBN asks students to pay school fees with eNaira
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised students to use the eNaira platform to pay school fees and other payments. The advice ...
News
Nigeria: Mobile services add $140 billion to Nigeria, other SSA economies
In 2021, mobile technologies and services generated around eight per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan (SSA) Africa ...
News
SA: Pick n Pay Expands Crypto Payments in South Africa
The South African grocery retailer Pick n Pay announced Tuesday (Nov. 1, 2022) that it has completed the first phase of a pilot ...
News
Tanzania: Vodacom Tanzania to Expand M-PESA Services to 8 SADC Countries
Vodacom Tanzania has announced plans to expand its mobile money platform’s International Money Transfer (IMT) portfolio, seeking to enable subscribers to easily send ...