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Nigeria: Nigeria’s Autochek Acquires CoinAfrique for Francophone Africa Expansion
The Lagos, Nigeria-based Autochek, an automotive technology company that seeks to make car ownership more accessible and affordable across Africa, has announced the ...
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Rwanda: Rwanda’s RSwitch Partners with EFT Corporation to Improve Fintech Access
Payment solution company RSwitch, which serves as the national e-payment switch of Rwanda, has announced a new partnership with African fintech giant EFT ...
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Nigeria: Airtel launched SmartCash PSB
Airtel SmartCash will seek to boost the financial inclusion agenda in Nigeria Following the move by the Central Bank in 2018 to approve Payment Service Banks, ...
Kenya
Kenya: e-Hailing firm Bolt launches African hub in Kenya
Estonian-based ride-hailing firm Bolt has launched its African hub in Nairobi, Kenya, as it strengthens its presence on the continent. According to a ...
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Nigeria: Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) and Development Bank of Nigeria to Train Nigerian Women in Entrepreneurship
Grand Africa Initiative (GAIN) and the Development Bank of Nigeria Plc (DBN) have announced a collaboration to train two hundred young Nigerian Women in an entrepreneurship ...
Kenya
Kenya: Kenya Seizes $56.7M from Flutterwave as Court Freezes 29 Bank Accounts
The Kenya government has pressed a money laundering charge against Flutterwave with restrictions on at least 29 bank accounts suspected to have been ...
Liberia
Liberia: Central Bank of Liberia Executive Governor J. Aloysius Tarlue sued for alleged failure to pay rent
An octogenarian property owner, Moisema A. Dorley, by and thru his Attorney-in-Fact, Joseph Jimmy Sankaituah, has sued the Central Bank of Liberia Executive ...
Ghana
Ghana: West Africa Connect Boosts Region’s Trade of Mango, Cassava, and ICT Services
West Africa Connect 2022 will be held as a hybrid event on the 20th and 21st of September both in Accra, Ghana and online After ...
Intelligence
Nigeria: World Bank says financial inclusion in Nigeria increased to 45% in 2021
The proportion of Nigerians with accounts at regulated institutions – such as banks, microfinance organizations and mobile money service providers – rose from ...
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Tanzania: Stanbic Launches New Proposition for Pensioners
STANBIC Bank Tanzania has launched a new banking solution ‘Hekima Banking’ that targets retirees and soon-to-be retirees aimed to give them peace of ...