Africa
Africa: Binance Goes on a Crypto Education Tour Across Francophone Africa
Binance, one of the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure providers have launched a crypto education tour across 5 countries in French-speaking ...
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Nigeria: DG NITDA Honoured as The African Information Technology Icon of the Year 2022
For his exceptional stride, leadership and contribution towards the growth and advancement of Information Technology in Nigeria, the Director General of the National Information Technology ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Access Holdings receives CBN’s approval for its payment service subsidiary, Hydrogen
Access Holdings Plc has received a regulatory nod from the Central Bank of Nigeria on its wholly owned payment subsidiary, Hydrogen Payment Services Company Limited (Hydrogen) A ...
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Nigeria: TAJ Bank Commences N10bn 15% Series 1 Sukuk Issuance
TAJ Bank, a non-interest lender, has announced the commencement of its N10 billion 15 percent Series 1 Sukuk issuance programme, which runs from ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: 383 Nigerian Tech Startups Raised Over $2 Billion in Seven Years – Report
About 383 Nigerian tech startups raised a combined $2 billion in funding between January 2015 and August 2022 more than any other country ...
Kenya
Kenya: Mara Launches Free Online Academy to Advance Digital Financial Literacy
Pan-African digital finance ecosystem, Mara has launched a free educational online platform that will steer blockchain and digital finance literacy. The platform also ...
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Tanzania: Tanzania Scraps Levies Imposed On Electronic Transactions
The Government has scrapped the levies imposed on electronic money transfer from bank to mobile and within the same financial institution, Minister of ...
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Nigeria: CBN to Hike Interest Rate to 14.50%, Cordros Forecasts
As global central bankers continue to combat rising headline inflation rate movements with monetary policy tightening, a slew of investment banking firms believe ...
Ghana
Ghana: Ghana Economy Expands 4.8% in Q2-2022
Ghana’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose 4.8% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2022, driven by growth in the fishing, manufacturing and education ...
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Nigeria: NCC Deploys 84 IT Projects to Support Persons with Disabilities
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has deployed 84 assistive Information Technology projects at different locations in Nigeria to support people with special needs while supporting policies that ...