Innovation
Uganda: KCB Introduces ATM Recycler Machines in Banking Halls
KCB Uganda has rolled out ATM recyclers at select banking halls across the country, as a way of enhancing customer experience and improving the ...
Kenya
Kenya: Law to Regulate Digital Lenders Takes Effect
The Central Bank of Kenya (Amendment) Act 2021, that will allow the CBK to license and supervise digital lenders has come into effect ...
Egypt
Egypt invests big in building digital skills to meet IT and outsourcing demand
Egypt’s ITIDA has organized an annual Employment Fair to be attended by 40 global and local ICT companies bringing job opportunities closer to young Egyptian ...
Intelligence
Kenya: Communications Authority Slashes Calling Rates Effective January 1
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has cut the rate mobile phone operators charge each other for interconnecting customers by Sh0.87 or 87.7 ...
Intelligence
Nigeria: CBN policy to drive up diaspora remittances in 2022 – WorldRemit
Diaspora remittances into Nigeria is set to surpass Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for the second consecutive year given some of the favourable policies instituted ...
Nigeria
Nigerian fintech, commerce startup Get It Done Now expands to Spain
Nigerian startup Get It Done Now, a mobile fintech e-commerce platform where a user can access services and get loans and insurance, is ...
News
Nigeria: Titan Trust Bank Acquires 89.39% of Union Bank of Nigeria Shares
Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) board of directors has announced that it received a notification of an agreement by Union Global Partners Limited, ...
Ghana
Ghana: Telcos to Reduce Charges By 25 Percent to Lessen E-Levy Burden – Telecoms Chamber
Telecommunication companies and their mobile money operators have agreed to reduce the charges on transactions by 25 per cent amid the possible introduction ...
Africa
Tunisia: Mohamed Taher Missaoui Appointed President of INT
The Ministry of Communication Technologies has announced the appointment of Mohamed Taher Missaoui as President of the National Telecommunications Authority (INT). Missaoui is ...
Africa
Seychelles: Central Bank of Seychelles Maintains Interest Rates At 2 Percent Amidst Covid Uncertainty
The Central Bank of Seychelles has decided to maintain its monetary policy rate at 2 percent for the first quarter of 2022 as ...
