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Nigeria: NCC, stakeholders chart new path to effective telecoms regulation, industry growth
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), alongside industry stakeholders, has charted a new path to effective telecoms regulation and industry growth in Nigeria. At ...
Namibia
Namibia: Maiden Fourth Industrial Revolution Conference and Expo Slated for Next Week
The Namibia Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Task Force that was appointed by the President, HE Dr Hage Geingob, will host the first-ever the ...
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Nigeria: CBN Sets Fresh Rules for NIBSS Instant Payments, Others
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reviewed upwards, the operations of the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) and other electronic payment operations. ...
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Tanzania: Zanzibar Gets 1.47bn/ – Monthly in Mobile Money Transaction Levies
ZANZIBAR receives 1.47bn/- monthly in mobile money transaction levies, the House of Representatives heard on Thursday. Deputy Minister in the President’s Office, Finance ...
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Nigeria: ZirooPay taps into Africa’s $500b retail market with mobile POS technology
As part of its long-term strategic growth plan, Nigeria’s retail Point-of-Sale solution provider, ZirooPay, will leverage its recent funding round to tap into ...
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Nigeria: Africa Data Centres scoops carrier neutral data centre of the year award
Africa Data Centres, a business of Cassava Technologies, has been named ‘Carrier Neutral Data Centre of the Year’ at this year’s Beacon of ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: DriveMe Raises Undisclosed Amount of Funding to Scale Product Development
Nigerian mobility tech company, DriveMe, has raised pre-seed funding round. Investors in the round included Niche Capital, FM Capital, and a few local ...
Angola
Angola: Angola’s UNITEL, Huawei ink three-year digitization deal
Angola’s UNITEL S.A. has signed a three-year agreement with Huawei to lay a solid foundation for long-term cooperation in the future. According to ...
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Nigeria: ‘81 % of Nigerians lack meaningful internet connectivity’
Only 12.1 per cent of the Nigerian population currently enjoys Internet services (Meaningful Connectivity) quality in the country. This is according to an ...
Ghana
Ghana: Israel supporting Ghana to use fintech as engine for inclusive growth
Israel, a global leader in innovation and financial technology (fintech), is supporting Ghana through collaboration with startups to scale up and provide creative ...