Ghana
Accelerex Ghana set to launch RexPay & RexRetail in Q2 2021
Accelerex Ghana, a pan-African fintech company, has hit a new milestone, after being granted an enhanced Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence from the ...
Kenya
Kenya: CBK Retains Benchmark Lending Rate At 7%, Seventh Time in a Row
The Central Bank Of Kenya has retained the benchmark lending rate at 7 percent, for the seventh time. Central Bank of Kenya, Boss ...
Nigeria
Standard Bank named Best Bank in Africa
Standard Bank Group has announced that it has been named the Best Bank in Africa in Global Finance’s 28th annual awards for the ...
Nigeria
CBN to Leverage Opportunities in ICT for Economic Growth
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has said that the apex bank is ready to invest in ...
Rwanda
Rwanda – Access Bank awards best women-owned start-ups
Access Bank Rwanda on Friday, March 26, awarded three outstanding small and medium start-up businesses owned by women. The competition was organized by ...
Africa
Everlytic expands its channel partnership programme across Africa
South African multi-channel bulk messaging service provider, Everlytic, is expanding its footprint in Africa and Europe through its recently launched Channel Partnership Programme, ...
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe agri-tech startup wins $100k grant funding from Hult Prize
Zimbabwean agri-tech startup, Farmhut has secured US$100,000 in grant funding after being selected as one of the winners of the annual Hult Prize ...
Nigeria
Nigeria: Afreximbank, Nexim Plan $50m Project Preparation Fund for Nigerians
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) have announced a mobilization of up to $50 million project preparation funds for investments ...
Kenya
Facebook Introduces VAT in Kenya
Facebook has introduced taxes in Kenya effective April 1, 2021. The social media giant said these taxes will be applicable to advertisers whose ...
Ethopia
Barely One Month After Launch, Ethiopian Fintech Startup ArifPay Raises $3
ArifPay, a fintech company based in Bole (Addis Ababa) Ethiopia, has raised $3.5 million (140 million ETB) in a private placement round from ...