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SA: Nedbank secures village in Ubuntuland, making it the first local bank to enter the metaverse
As part of its strategy to leverage new technology and go beyond conventional banking, Nedbank has partnered with Africarare, Africa’s first metaverse, and ...
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Nigeria: Access Bank boosts profit with N52.8 billion from foreign exchange gain
Access Bank Nigeria Plc, one of the largest lenders has continued to reap huge foreign exchange gains with yet another N52.836 billion to ...
Africa
Africa: Airtel surpasses MTN in Nigeria in internet speed in Q2 2022 – Report
Available data from Speedtest Intelligence which analysed the internet speed performance of four mobile service providers across 10 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and ...
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Nigeria: Companies circumvent CBN’s RT200 to sell forex at black market rates
Nigerian companies have devised a smart way of circumventing central bank guidelines to sell forex in the official market but at black market ...
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Nigeria: UBA Partners BOSS Money to Expand Remittance Options to Nigeria
BOSS Money, the money remittance and payments brand of IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT), and Africa Global Bank (United Bank for Africa), a leading ...
Côte d’Ivoire
Ivory Coast: Orange unveils the First Space to Test and Discover 5G in Côte d’Ivoire
Orange 5G Lab Abidjan offers services and support to economic players devised with expert partners such as Huawei, Nokia or ZTE Orange (www.Orange.com) ...
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Nigeria: How to apply for CBN’s AGSMEIS loans with no collateral
Nigerian entrepreneurs can now receive a zero collateral loan administered by the Central Bank of Nigeria with just a little training and enthusiasm. Over N95 ...
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Seychelles: IMF Preliminary Report Concludes Vat Tax Regime Performs Well in Seychelles
An IMF delegation preliminary report on a review of the Seychelles Value Added Tax Regime (VAT) concluded that VAT has performed as well ...
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Nigeria: Yields Uptrend Back Down as CBN Repriced Spot Rates
The yield curve reversed in the secondary market following demand pressures that resulted in lower spot rates on long-dated treasury bills offered for ...
Kenya
Kenya: Kenyan firms hit as Microsoft, Google talent war raises pay
Local companies are struggling to recruit and retain key talent as US tech titans led by Microsoft, Amazon and Google tilt the market ...