The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has debunked reports that it has renewed MTN Unified Access and Service (UASL) License for another ten years. ...

Nigeria-based lending and business financing platform, Payhippo, has been accepted into Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 cohort, joining 167 startups, four of which are African. ...

Kenyan fintech startup, Wapi Pay, has raised a $2.2 million pre-seed fund to facilitate financial transactions between the African and Asian continents. Investors that ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria has informed the public that it has put in place monitoring measures to guarantee that deposit money banks ...

Bolt, the leading ride-hailing and mobility platform, has raised €600 million in a funding round that increases its valuation to over €4 billion. ...

Egypt’s bank deposits in the local currency increased by EGP 376.104bn to EGP 4.036trn during the first half (H1) of 2021, compared to ...

Pesapal has received the National Application Service License (AS) from Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). “The acquisition of this license which is under ...

The African Development Bank, through its Financial Sector Development’s Trade Finance operations, has launched a Transaction Guarantee instrument, according to Devdiscourse. Transaction Guarantee is designed ...

The ECOWAS Commission and its partners virtually convened the 13th edition of the West Africa Internet Governance Forum (WAIGF) with various stakeholder groups ...

Kuda Bank, the London-based, Nigerian-operating startup that is taking on incumbents in the country with a mobile-first, personalised and often cheaper set of ...