Africa
Meta Unveils its ‘Africa Year in Review’ for 2021
The infographic highlights key Meta successes and milestones across the region, whilst reinforcing its continued commitment to Africa. Meta (https://about.facebook.com/Meta/) today released its ‘2021 Africa ...
Africa
African Development Bank’s Technologies For African Agricultural Transformation Program Receives Gold Stevie® Award in 2021 International Business Awards®
In recognition of the institution’s digital campaign showcasing its Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) initiative The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) received a ...
News
Nigeria: Over 84% of CBN Anchor Borrowers Loans Defaulted – BoA
Over 84% of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers loans are yet to be paid, the Bank of Agriculture (BoA) Chief told ...
Africa
Malawi Arrests Ex-Finance Minister, Central Bank Governor for Fraud
Malawian authorities have arrested three officials of the former ruling party, including a former finance minister and central bank governor, for alleged abuse ...
News
Nigeria: FEC Signs N1.8bn for Devices to Combat Telecoms Related Frauds
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N1.8 billion for the deployment of regulatory systems in the Nigerian Telecommunications industry to tackle ...
Nigeria
Nigeria’s digital payroll platform Bento expands to Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana, to enter six other African markets in 2022
Bento, Nigeria’s digital payroll and human resource management platform, is expanding to Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda, with plans to set up operations in ...
News
SA: MTN announces appointment of new Digital and Fintech CTIO
MTN Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Hermann Tischendorf as our Chief Technology & Information Officer for Digital and Fintech. “We are ...
News
NIGERIA: FBN Holdings Records N8.5trn Total Assets, N40.79bn PAT
FBN Holdings Plc has announced that it gained 11 per cent to hit N8.51trillion in total assets as at September 30, 2021 from ...
South Africa
SA: Tyme raises $180 million in funding deal involving Tencent and UK’s CDC Group
Multi-country digital banking group, Tyme, has secured $180 million Series B capital raise from Chinese multi-national technology conglomerate Tencent and UK impact investor CDC Group. ...
Kenya
Kenya fintech Hisa launches U.S. stocks trading platform for Kenyans
Hisa Technologies has unveiled the Hisa mobile that allows anyone in Kenya to invest in US stocks and ETFs directly from their phones through mobile ...