Africa
How mobile money can lead a fintech revolution in Africa
M-Pesa mobile payments system started in Kenya in 2007 now boasts 30 million users in 10 countries, with other competitors, such as MTN ...
Nigeria
CBN set to include financial inclusion as key mandate area
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is planning to formally include Financial Inclusion to her core mandate. This was disclosed on Tuesday, 21st ...
Africa
Telecom26 Provides Connectivity To HIV and COVID-19 Testing Programmes Across Africa
Telecom26 has partnered with SystemOne to enable real-time test result communication, timely containment and treatment actions for infectious disease programmes in Ghana, Mozambique ...
Intelligence
Review of Sub-Saharan Africa Investment Banking performance for the first half of 2020.
One of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, Refinitiv has released a recent report on Sub-Saharan Africa Investment Banking ...
Nigeria
FG rolls out N2.3 trillion stimulus and survival funds for MSMEs
The Federal Government has announced plans to roll out a N2.3 trillion stimulus package and survival fund for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to stay afloat amid the economic challenges imposed by the ...
Nigeria
Headline Inflation Up by 12.56%in June 2020 – NBS
Nigeria’s consumer price index (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 12.56 per cent (year-on-year) in June 2020. This is 0.16 per cent points ...
Innovation
NITDA opens entry for technology innovation, entrepreneurship support scheme
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), is calling on eligible Nigerians to apply for its technology innovation and entrepreneurship scheme, a capacity ...
Africa
Is Africa Ready for Digital Enablement
The World Economic Forum (WEF) believes that there are five hotspots that need to be targeted by the public sector in Africa and ...
Nigeria
NSE upgrades companies’portal to enhance market integrity
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has upgraded its Issuers’ Portal (X-Issuer) as part of efforts to improve continuous and direct flow of information ...
Nigeria
SEC, NITDA Collaborate on Data Protection in Capital Market
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has restated its preparedness to collaborate with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in a bid to ...
