Rwanda
Rwanda: Payday becomes first Rwandan firm to join Techstars
Payday, a Pan-African Fintech startup, becomes the first Rwandan company in history to join the prestigious Techstars Toronto Accelerator program. Techstars is an ...
News
Rwanda: Diane Dusaidi Appointed as AB Bank Board Chair
Diane Dusaidi has emerged the new Board Chairperson of AB Bank Plc, becoming one of the youngest and few women to sit at ...
Regulatory
Rwanda: Central Bank Warns Against Unlicensed Financial Service Providers
The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has warned the public against dealing with financial service providers that are not licensed to operate in ...
Innovation
Rwanda and Qatar strengthens ties with financial services agreement
Rwanda and Qatar set to benefit from mutual recognition agreements for new business opportunities in both markets following a new agreement between Qatar ...
Regulatory
Rwanda: Central bank warns merchants against transferring MoMo Pay fees to clients
The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has warned businesses against transferring the recently reintroduced fees on MoMo Pay transactions to clients. Mobile Money Rwanda on September ...
News
Rwanda: Central Bank of Rwanda Provides Economic Update
The Central Bank of Rwanda updated the country on the state of the economy in the first half of the year during the ...
Rwanda
Rwanda: KOICA invests $7.1M into the Rwanda Coding Academy
KOICA (The Korea International Cooperation Agency) just signed a Record of Discussion with Rwanda’s Finance and Education ministries for the implementation of the US$7.1 million ...
Innovation
Rwanda: New SIM Card Registration Process to Curb Fraud – RURA
Telecom operators will be implementing new directives for SIM card registration in a move Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) said will help curb ...
News
Rwanda: MTN to introduce charge on Momo-Pay for merchants
Mobile Money Rwanda will effective September 1, charge merchants and businesses a 0.5 per cent commission on payment received through the popular payment mode. ...
Regulatory
Rwanda: Central Bank Scraps ‘Push and Pull’ Charges
No charges and fees will henceforth be incurred when transferring funds from one’s bank account to their mobile money wallet and vice versa ...