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Nigeria: NIMC’s Enrolment Figure Hits 75.36m in February as Lagos Leads in Enrolment with Over 8.7m
The Nation wide National Identification Number (NIN) enrolment figures of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), as at February 21, 2022, stood at ...
Africa
Africa: MTN, Rakuten ink deal to trial 4G and 5G OpenRAN in SA, Nigeria and Liberia
MTN Group and Rakuten Symphony have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct live 4G and 5G OpenRAN Proof of Concept (PoC) trials in ...
Ghana
Ghana: New license for Paystack Ghana
The license agreement would open the whole Paystack experience to Ghana. They ensure that merchants and all users on Paystack would enjoy better ...
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Nigeria: AfDB approved $544 million in loan financing for Nigeria in 2021
Lamin Barrow, the Director-General, Nigeria Country Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that the bank approved $544 million in loan ...
Egypt
Egypt: Egyptian logistics startup Milezmore raises $5m pre-seed round from Brimore
Egyptian startup Milezmore, which provides cloud fulfillment, last mile delivery, and customisable operations solutions, has raised US$5 million in pre-seed funding from social ...
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Rwanda: Rwanda May Not Reach Decision on CBDC Issuance Until End of 2022 — Central Bank Official
The Rwandan central bank may not know whether it can issue a digital currency until December 2022, when it completes a study that ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Reps ask CBN to impose ‘stringent regulation’ on POS operators
The house of representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to introduce “stringent regulations” on the operators of point of sale (POS) business in the ...
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Nigeria: FIRS opens one month window to enable taxpayers settle foreign currency tax liabilities in naira.
The Federal Inland Revenue Service has announced that a one month window has been opened from the 1st to 31st of March 2022 ...
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Nigeria: Guaranty Trust Holding Co Plc reports profit of N175 billion in 2021
Guaranty Trust Holding Co (GTCO) Plc has released its first Full-year financial result as a group which revealed a profit of N175 billion ...
Kenya
Kenya: Co-Operative Bank Axes M-PESA to Bank Charges Following Public Outcry
During the start of the pandemic, the CBK directed financial institutions to adopt some changes that were meant to shield the ordinary Kenyan ...
