Ghana
Ghana: Mastercard partners Global Accelerex to promote electronic payments
Mastercard has partnered with Global Accelerex Ghana, a licensed financial technology company that is into the provision of electronic payment systems and devices ...
News
Nigeria: FirstBank wins Private Bank of the Year award
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has been awarded the Private Bank of the Year 2021 by Global Finance, the voice of the global market ...
News
Uganda: Regulator Sets Tough Terms Before Africell Exits Uganda
Africell Uganda is not only seeking to end its loss making and debt-ridden business, it has less than a month to come up ...
News
Zimbabwe: RBZ Auction Allotments Overtakes Interbank Market By 27 Percent
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) auction system’s foreign currency allotments have surpassed Interbank market payments by 27%, a development which proves that the ...
News
Tanzania: Govt Tightens Screws On Forex Trade
The Tanzanian government has imposed new measures, including having a capital of about 1bn /- for a businessman who wants to run a ...
Regulatory
SOUTH AFRICA:SARS MAKES GOOD ON ITS PROMISE TO COME DOWN HARD ON NON-COMPLIANT TAXPAYERS
The South African Revenue Service is making good on its promise to chase after taxpayers who are non-compliant, having been discussed for months ...
Egypt
EGYPT: ELECTRONIC BANKING TRANSACTIONS HIT 1 BILLION,WORTH OVER EGP 2.8TRN IN FY 2020/21 – CBE
The Egyptian banking system implemented about one billion electronic transactions, with a value exceeding EGP 2.8trn, during fiscal year (FY) 2020/21, compared to ...
Innovation
Nigeria gets nod for 5G roll out
The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the deployment of the 5G (Fifth Generation Network) in the country. According to a statement by ...
News
Nigeria: Fidelity Bank Reports 72.4% Increase in PBT To N20.6bn
Fidelity Bank Plc has announced a profit before tax of N20.6billion for half year ended June 31, 2021 as against the N12billion in ...
Africa
Interswitch partners Codebase Technologies
Interswitch has partnered with Codebase Technologies (CBT), a global Open API Banking solution provider, to accelerate the digital banking transformation across the African continent. Codebase ...