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 ...
Africa
Nigeria: Cybersecurity – Nigeria, Two Others Suffer 85m Attacks in 6 Months
Malware attacks in Africa, including Nigeria, have increased to 85 million in just six months. This is according to a report released by ...
Regulatory
Rwanda: Central Bank Scraps ‘Push and Pull’ Charges
No charges and fees will henceforth be incurred when transferring funds from one’s bank account to their mobile money wallet and vice versa ...
Africa
Launch of Cyber Security Report 2021 – State of Cyber Security in Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe
This virtual conference is scheduled for Wednesday 1st September at 10:00 – 11:30 CAT WHAT: LIQUID INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES (www.Liquid.Tech) will be launching its 2021 Cyber Security report ...
Egypt
Egypt: Arab Bank launches fintech-focussed AB Accelerator in Egypt
Arab Bank launches the Egypt version of the AB Accelerator – a Fintech-focused corporate accelerator programme. Launched in 2018 in Jordan, the accelerator targets to ...
Ghana
Ghana: Jumia and Solar Taxi partner to enhance online orders
Africa’s top e-commerce marketplace Jumia Ghana has partnered with modern eco-friendly mobility company Solar Taxi to provide affordable and eco-friendly delivery of online ...
Intelligence
SA: Data breach costs skyrocket during pandemic – IBM report
According to an IBM Security study, data breaches in South Africa now cost businesses R46 million on average. This is the highest cost ...
