Ghana
GhQR to play lead role in cashless agenda
GhQR is considered a key enabler for Ghana’s quest to migrate into an electronic payment society. The country is hoping to ride on ...
Nigeria
CBN disburses $80m weekly for school fees, BTAs
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has claimed that at least $80m were disbursed to banks on a weekly basis to enable Nigerians ...
News
Nigerian fintech of the unbanked Bankly raises $2M led by Vault
Nigeria remains a largely cash-dominated country. There are more than 100 million adult Nigerians, of which more than half have little or no ...
Kenya
Kenya: CBK Gives Borrowers 3 Months to Regularise Bank Loan Repayments
Kenyan bank borrowers have three months (March 3 to June 3) to regularise their loan repayments following the expiry of a one-year window ...
Congo
Liquid deploys 2,500km fibre network to DRC
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, has announced the expansion of its fibre network to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the deployment of a ...
Kenya
Telkom Kenya cleared of irregular privatisation
Telkom Kenya has been cleared of allegations of irregular privatisation, conflict of interest and restructuring of the company’s balance sheet by Ethics and ...
News
Lagos Bus Services commence deployment of contactless payment card to commuters
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL), Mr Idowu Oguntona, has announced that the company commenced deployment of the ...
News
Rwanda: Bank of Kigali Named Best Bank in Rwanda
Global Finance has named Bank of Kigali as the best bank in Rwanda in 2021. The announcement was made during the 28th annual ...
Egypt
Central Bank of Egypt offers EGP19 billion worth of treasury bills
The Central Bank of Egypt has issued treasury bills worth EGP19 billion ($1.21 billion) on behalf of the Finance Ministry. Governments resort to ...
Africa
Ghana’s Redbird raises $1.5M seed to expand access to rapid medical testing in sub-Saharan Africa
For patients and healthcare professionals to properly track and manage illnesses, especially chronic ones, healthcare needs to be decentralized. It also needs to ...