Africa
Facebook expands Marketplace to 37 more countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Social media giant Facebook, has announced the launch of Marketplace to 37 countries and territories in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is in addition to ...
News
Nigeria: CBN incurs N379B Anchor borrowers debt
The Central bank of Nigeria recorded a shortfall of N378.5bn in loan repayment by beneficiaries under the Anchor Borrower’s programme in six years, ...
Ghana
Ghana: Cellulant set to launch Tingg after receiving license
Cellulant acquires payment Services license in Ghana, set to launch Tingg in the country. Cellulant is set to launch Tingg in Ghana following ...
Africa
Angola’s Unitel rolls out mobile money service
Unitel, Angola’s mobile operator, launched its mobile money service Unitel Money, which will allow subscribers to easily make financial transactions using their mobile ...
Ethopia
Ethiopia to develop social media platform to rival Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp
Ethiopia has started the development of its own social media platform to take on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter after complaints of posts deletions ...
Kenya
B2B Kenyan-based retail startup, MarketForce, raises $100,000 in funding
MarketForce, Kenya’s retail platform delivering complete functional solutions to consumers, has received a $100,000 investment from the Harambeans Prosperity Fund, an initiative of the Harambe ...
News
Nigeria: EFCC urges banks to ‘query’ customers’ sources of income
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has urged banks in the country to investigate the sources of ...
Intelligence
Nigeria: Fintech has the potential to change the capital market – NGX
Nigeria’s financial technology companies have a huge potential to transform the capital markets and effectively build a digital economy. This was disclosed by ...
Africa
Africa: Pandemic Pushing Growth of E-Commerce in Sub-Saharan Africa – Visa
The lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic saw new e-commerce users rise by 5 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020, when compared to ...
News
Tanzania: Mobile Phone Levies – Govt Collects 48bn/
The Tanzanian government has fetched 48.4bn/- from the mobile money transaction charges introduced mid last month with 37bn/- disbursed for the construction of ...