Africa
Africa Code Week 2019 Results- Governments and Communities Mobilize to Drive Digital Skills Development Among African Youth
SAP, UNESCO & partners empower 3.85 million youth with basic coding skills in 2019. Africa Code Week 2019 results show impact on sustainable ...
Nigeria
COVID-19 FCMB secures $50m IFC loan to support SMEs
International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, on Thursday approved $50 million loans to First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited ...
Kenya
Central Bank of Kenya Extends its COVID-19 Emergency Mobile Money Measures
The Central Bank of Kenya announced that it will extend the measures placed on mobile money transactions put forth back in March. Charges for mobile ...
South Africa
South Africa’s FNB Partners with UnionPay to Accept Contactless Payments
First National Bank (FNB) and UnionPay International (UPI) have announced that UnionPay cardholders will be able to make contactless payments with their cards ...
News
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya to close T-Mall branch in digital push
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya will shut down its T-Mall branch along Lang’ata Road in Nairobi in September as it continues to push customers to ...
Nigeria
Credit to businesses up N3.5trn in five months – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reported that credit to the economy increased by N3.5 trillion or 10.1% in five months from ...
Nigeria
CBN Governor confirms exchange rate unification plans
The Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, has confirmed that the Central Bank will continue to pursue unification around its Nafex rate. The NAFEX rate is the forex window where ...
Nigeria
Leading Industry Experts Chart a new course on the imperatives of repositioning the Financial Market for Growth
In the light of the prevalent economic realities of the pandemic across the globe, and its huge impact and implications for the financial ...
Morroco
How Can Morocco Take the Lead in Africa Health Technology Startup
With the appropriate mechanisms in place, Morocco’s health technology sector could thrive. Two hundred and thirty four African start-ups raised $2 billion in ...
Nigeria
Terminal operators ask Customs to deploy technology for cargo examination
The Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria, STOAN, Princess Vicky Haastrup, has decried the high rate of manual examination of cargoes at ...