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Zimbabwe’s controversial cyber bill signed into law

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law the ‘dreaded’ and controversial Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill, which passed through the Senate ...

By Regtech AfricaDecember 7, 20210

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Nigeria: Ecobank Names Jubril Lawal MD Designate as Patrick Akinwuntan Nears Retirement

Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African banking group, announces that Jubril Mobolaji Lawal has been appointed as Regional Executive and Managing Director designate of ...

By Regtech AfricaDecember 7, 20210

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Tanzania: ICT Ministry Launched National Physical Addressing (NaPA)

THE Ministry of Information, Communication and Information Technology has launched the National Physical Addressing (NaPA) system in Mwanza City which marks official beginning ...

By Regtech AfricaDecember 7, 20210

Africa

Seychelles: Absa Bank Installs First Touch-Free, App-Driven ATM in Seychelles

Absa Bank Seychelles has launched the first touch-free ATM service in Seychelles where customers will be able to use their smartphones to withdraw ...

By Regtech AfricaDecember 7, 20210

Global

Comply Advantage supporting Raisin Bank with KYC solution

UK-based anti-money laundering technology company Comply Advantage has announced supporting Germany-based Raisin Bank‘s Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solutions with a KYC offer. Raisin Bank is a deposit marketplace ...

By Regtech AfricaDecember 7, 20210

Kenya

Kenya: B2B MarketForce joins hands with Cellulant for African expansion

The Kenya-based B2B retail and financial services distribution MarketForce has partnered with local fintech Cellulant to expand the first’s RejaReja super app into five additional African ...

By Regtech AfricaDecember 7, 20210

Global

HyperPay gets regulatory approval to augment ecommerce in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia-based payment gateway HyperPay has obtained a permit from Saudi Payments to enable new ‘mada’ services for its merchants in Saudi Arabia. The move will address ...

By Regtech AfricaDecember 7, 20210

Ghana

Ghana: NIC Board Charged to Increase Insurance Penetration

The reconstituted board of the National Insurance Commission (NIC), has been charged to work hard to deepen insurance penetration in the informal sector ...

By Regtech AfricaDecember 6, 20210

Africa

Zambia’s “New Dawn” should extend to digital rights

In his inauguration speech on August 24, 2021, President Hakainde Hichilema declared a “new dawn” for Zambia. It is critical that this transformation ...

By Regtech AfricaDecember 6, 20210

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Nigeria: PenCom Says RSA Data Recapture Will Tackle Irregularities

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) says its pilot Data Recapture Exercise (DRE) for Retried Savings Account (RSA) would help to tackle irregularities in ...

By Regtech AfricaDecember 6, 20210