Nigeria
Nigerian-founded edtech startup, Edukoya, closes $3,500,000 pre-seed round
Nigerian-founded online learning platform, Edukoya has raised $3,500,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Target Global. Edukoya, founded in May 2021 but ...
News
Nigeria: BoI Wins SERAS Awards for Impact in Financial Inclusion
The Bank of Industry (BOI) has received top honours at the just concluded Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards also known as the SERAS ...
Ghana
Ghana: 3000 start-ups in Africa to get financial, technical support
A total of 3000 start-ups from 13 African countries, including Ghana are to benefit from financial and technical support to create decent and ...
News
Nigeria: CBN disbursed N370 billion under Targeted Credit Facility to households, SMEs
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has said that the bank has disbursed N370 billion under its Targeted Credit ...
Innovation
Nigeria: StanChart Launches Agent Banking Service
Standard Chartered launched its agent banking service as part of its digital banking proposition to clients across Lagos. The event kicked off with ...
Kenya
Kenya: Tingg by Cellulant Wins Overall Mobile App of The Year at The Mobile App Awards Gala in Kenya
Cellulant unveiled a new brand identity for the Tingg app (formerly Mula) earlier in 2021 Tingg, the all-in-one super payments app, won the ...
Africa
ITC Secure and Cassava Technologies announce joint venture to expand industry leading security operations and Microsoft cloud security expertise in Africa
Joint venture between ITC Secure and Cassava Technologies heralds the creation of a world class Security Operations Centre (SOC) to deliver security services ...
Regulatory
Uganda: BoU to Issue Guidelines On Green Financing
Uganda’s central bank will soon rollout guidelines for green financing to support small and medium and enterprises as the country strives to achieve ...
News
Zimbabwe Introduces Electronic Passports
The Zimbabwe government has announced the launch of the Electronic Passport (e-Passport), that comes with advanced security features as part of measures to ...
Africa
Senegal regulator fines underperforming operators
Senegal’s telecom regulator ARTP, has slapped fines amounting to about XOF 20.284 billion (EUR 31 million) on three mobile network operators Sonatel (Orange), ...
