Namibia
Namibia: Coding Bootcamp for African Girls Comes to Namibia – Registrations Open
The Connected Africa Girls Coding Camp is back this year with its 5th edition commissioned by ECA in partnership with the government of ...
Global
Global: FTC files complaint against paytech First American over alleged “harmful practices”
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken action against payment processing company First American Payment Systems and two of its sales affiliates for ...
Ghana
Ghana: Ghana Doubles IMF Funding Goal to $3 Billion in Three Years
Ghana’s government is in talks over a loan of about $3 billion from the International Monetary Fund, according to two people familiar with ...
News
Nigeria: Jaiz Bank Increases Half-Year Profit By Over 27 Percent.
Jaiz Bank Plc’s unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended 30 June 2022 were released to the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), revealing ...
News
Nigeria: Banks Shun Lending to Real Sector as Deposit With CBN Surge by 12%
Despite the 65 per cent Loan-to-Deposit (LDR) ratio policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which was aimed at forcing the hands ...
Ethopia
Ethiopia: Ethiopia State Telecom Giant Launches Three Digital Financial Services With Dashen Bank
State owned telecom giant, Ethio-Telecom, in collaboration with Dashen Bank, has on launched three different digital finance services under the motto “Financial Service ...
Ghana
Ghana: Gov’t sets 85% financial inclusion target by 2024
Government aims to improve the financial capability levels of Ghanaians, and subsequently improve Ghana’s financial inclusion levels from the current 58 percent to ...
Algeria
Algeria: VEON completes $682 million sale of Algerian mobile operator Djezzy
Global digital operator VEON, has announced the completion of the sale of its stake in Algerian mobile network operator Djezzy, after receiving a payment of ...
Kenya
Kenya: Kenya’s FinAccess gets HAVAÍC backing to bolster financial inclusion drive
Kenya headquartered fintech company FinAccess, has received a US$500,000 investment from South African venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC, to bolster its financial inclusion ...
Africa
Africa: Visa Announces Grant for African Women (AWIF) Fund Managers
Visa has today announced a grant towards the African Women Impact Fund (AWIF), a collaboration between Standard Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission ...