Africa
Ethiopia: NBE Launches Digital Payment Strategy
National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) launched National Digital Payment Strategy (NDPS), which will be implemented in the coming three years aiming at digitalizing ...
Ethopia
Ethiopia: Safaricom to Keep Brand Name in Ethiopia Following Licensing By ECA
Global Partnership for Ethiopia has incorporated and registered its local company Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC after it was granted a telecommunications operator license. ...
Ethopia
Huawei-backed ICT competition launched in Ethiopia
Chinese multinational giant Huawei will fund the 6th Global ICT Competition in Ethiopia. The competition will showcase the brightest and most innovative ideas ...
Ethopia
Ethiopia-Telebirr customer base reach 1 million
The customer base of Telebirr – Ethiopia’s teleco newly launched mobile money service – has reached the 1 million mark one week after ...
Ethopia
PayWay Ethiopia closes a 6-figure grant from Li-Way payment to create jobs through digital payment
PayWay Ethiopia the digital payments solution provider just signed a funding agreement looking to be one of the implementing partners at the Li-Way ...
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 ...
Ethopia
Ethiopia – African Development Bank approves $2.33 million grant to support the modernization of electronic payments infrastructure
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a grant of $2.33 million to EthSwitch Share Company, an initiative led ...
Ethopia
Visa and Bank of Abyssinia Launch E-Commerce Acquiring Business Using CyberSource
Visa, the world leader in digital payments, and Bank of Abyssinia (BoA) have announced a strategic partnership to drive of e-commerce acquiring through ...