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Nervos launches $5M fund to support DeFi projects
China’s Nervos Network has launched a $5 million fund to support projects building decentralized exchanges, lending platforms, and other DeFi protocols. According to ...
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IBM, Top Australian Banks Execute Country’s First Blockchain Bank Guarantee
A digital bank guarantee has just been executed over a blockchain system in Australia, in what’s being called a first for a commercial ...
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MultiChoice Launches New Local Offering in Uganda
MultiChoice has announced the launch of Pearl Magic Prime, a new channel that tells stories by Ugandans for Ugandans. The launch of Pearl ...
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Sudanese Islamic Bank Obtains Mastercard Licence to Offer Debit, Credit, & Prepaid Payment Cards
Faisal Islamic Bank (FIB) in collaboration with Network International, the leading enabler of digital commerce across Africa and the Middle East, has become ...
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SA’s Ukheshe & Kenya’s KCB in Banking Deal to Boost East African Payment Services
South African digital fintech platform provider, Ukheshe, has partnered with the Kenya-based lender KCB Bank Kenya to allow Ukheshe to immediately issue both physical ...
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Ethiopia sees jump in mobile payments despite COVID-19
Less than 35% of Ethiopians have access to financial services. Most bank branches are clustered around Addis Ababa and other urban areas, whereas ...
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Nigeria’s IROKO plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange AIM in 2022
IROKO, a Nigerian-based media company, could file to go public in the next 12 months on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) Alternative Investment ...
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Clubhouse joins the list of censored apps in China
Thousands of Clubhouse users from China suddenly found themselves unable to access the platform early in the week. Clubhouse, a social network based ...
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Big data VC OpenOcean hits $111.5M for third fund, appoints Ekaterina Almasque to GP
OpenOcean, a European VC which has tended to specialise in big data-oriented startups and deep tech, has reached the €92 million ($111.5 million) ...
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NSE’s Demutualisation Excites Corporate Affairs Commission DG
The Registrar-General/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, has expressed excitement at the demutualisation of the Nigerian ...