Ghana
Bank of Ghana to Tighten Monetary Policy as Growth Pressures Ease
The Central Bank of Ghana is expected to shift to moderate policy tightening in 2022, and hike the monetary policy rate (MPR) by 100 ...
News
Nigeria: FIRS targets N5trn tax from Twitter, other digital platforms
The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mohammed Nami, has said that the impending registration of Twitter and other social media ...
Africa
Central Bank of Somalia Launches New Payment System, Reveals Plans to Print New Shilling Banknotes
The Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) recently announced the setting up of a national payments system which it says will enable the country’s ...
Africa
Africa: AfCFTA Youth Creative Competition – Apply
A creative youth competition on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for young people in Africa as well as those in the Diaspora with African ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: CBN asks banks to block accounts of 18 companies
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks to place a post-no-debit on the bank accounts of 18 companies. A post-no-debit means that all ...
Innovation
Nigeria: Upperlink secures PCIDSS licence for payment gateway deployment in Africa
Upperlink, a payment solution service provider licenced of the central bank of Nigeria, has secured the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCIDSS) ...
Africa
Namibia: Overall Inflation for 2021 Projected to Average Around 3.9 Percent – Central Bank
The country’s overall inflation is projected to average around 3.9% for 2021, slightly higher than the previous forecast of 3.6%, said the central ...
Africa
Angola: Parliament Discusses Changes to Central Bank Law
The National Assembly on Thursday (19) is due to analyse, discuss and vote on the Proposed Revision of the National Bank of Angola ...
Africa
Cyberattacks in Africa surge, hitting 85 million in just 6 months
In Africa, malware attacks have become rife and in the first half of 2021, various countries exhibited strong growth in all malware types ...
Kenya
Kenya’s CashBackApp raises $475k pre-seed funding round for expansion
Kenyan customer loyalty startup CashBackApp has raised a US$475,000 pre-seed funding round to help scale its service in Kenya and prepare for expansion ...