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 ...
Africa
The African Aviation Market: An Overview
Africa is the continent with the smallest number of air passengers annually. It accounts for roughly 2% of global traffic, including both passenger ...
Africa
Africa’s first internet balloon service launched in Kenya
On Wednesday, July 8th, American tech giant Alphabet Inc. launched the world’s first commercial high-speed internet using balloons to villagers in remote regions of ...
Nigeria
Significant growth in e-Payments in Nigeria despite pandemic
The payments industry in Nigeria continues to demonstrate its promising growth with the recent data from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) showing ...
Regulatory
ATCON Urges Members to Comply with Nigeria Data Protection Regulation
The Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria, ATCON, has urged members to comply with Nigeria Data Protection Regulation as stipulated by the federal ...
South Africa
South Africa’s eCommerce Market to Reach $3.5 Billion in 2020, says Researchers
eCommerce has broken barriers as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic’s lockdown restrictions. Statista believes that the South African market will reach ...
Nigeria
FMDQ admits Axxela funding of N11.5 billion bond on its platform
The FMDQ Group, through its subsidiary, FMDQ Security Exchange Limited, has admitted the Axxela Funding 1 PLC N11.50 billion Series 1 Bond on ...
Nigeria
NCC Creates New Department to Accelerate FG’s Digital Economy Agenda, Taps Digima to Head
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has created a Digital Economy Department, principally responsible for implementing programmes and policies aimed at fully supporting and promoting ...
News
SA-based Nedbank Unveils Africa’s first contactless payments solution
South African bank, Nedbank is testing its newest innovation, a contactless payments solution. This the first payment’s solution of its kind in Africa at this ...
Startup
African startups have raised about $500m so far, Sees a big Q2 slump
Total venture funding for African startups in 2020 so far has passed the $500m mark. This is according to Maxime Bayen, company builder at GreenTec ...
