Kenya
Kenya: Digital lenders have six months to acquire license
Kenya’s president signs new law to police digital lenders, apps have six months to apply for licenses Getting loans in banks can be ...
News
Zimbabwe: RBZ Mops Up $1,3 Billion Excess Cash in One Month
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has mopped up a total $1,31 billion excess cash through Negotiable Certificates of Deposit (NCD) in a ...
News
Uganda: MTN Uganda Lists On Stock Market
About 21,394 people in Uganda have become shareholders in MTN Uganda following the conclusion of the company’s Initial Public Offer (IPO). MTN Uganda ...
Innovation
Tanzania: Standard Chartered Bank Unveils First Digital Branch
Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania has launched the first digital bank branch in Tanzania that aims to enhance convenience for its customers. The digital ...
News
Zimbabwe: ZACC Boss Accuses Financial Institutions of Aiding Corruption
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson Loice Matanda-Moyo has accused local banks of colluding with corrupt individuals to clean up ill-gotten wealth. She ...
Africa
TUNISIA : TSE LAUNCHES FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORTING GUIDE
The Tunis Stock Exchange, the Financial Market Council (CMF) and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), has launched the new environmental, social and governance ...
News
Nigeria: CBN Sets Up Loan Support for Investors to Drive Economic Diversification
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday released guidelines for its “Production and Productivity” initiative, through the “100 projects for EVERY 100 ...
Nigeria
Nigerian BNPL outfit TradeDepot raises $110 million in debt and equity
TradeDepot, the leading B2B eCommerce and embedded finance platform in Africa, has raised $110 million in an equity and debt funding round to ...
Africa
Equinix to Expand into Africa with Acquisition of MainOne
Expansion Aims to Enable Organizations to Accelerate Digital Transformation throughout Africa Equinix, Inc.(www.Equinix.com) (Nasdaq: EQIX), the world’s digital infrastructure company™, today announced its expansion into Africa ...
Kenya
Kenya: Workpay partners with Kwara to offer streamlined HR & Payroll services to SACCOs in Kenya
The partnership will enable SACCOs to efficiently manage their Human Resource operations in one platform Digital banking fintech startup Kwara (www.Kwara.com) has partnered ...