Africa
Africa: Young African Catalysts launches to democratise access to venture ecosystem
Young African Catalysts has launched in a bid to democratise access to the African venture ecosystem, leveraging data and community to enable young ...
News
Nigeria: CBN’s New Announcement Drives BVN Database to 57 Million, as More Nigerians Rush to Link Accounts
New data reveals that the number of bank owners in Nigeria with Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) grew to 57 million as of April ...
News
South Africa: Staff at Standard Bank, Absa and Sasfin implicated in money laundering
Sasfin told Al Jazeera it was taking vigorous action against suspended and former employees and clients of its foreign exchange unit. Photo: Supplied ...
Global
Global: SRA fines firm £5k for persistent anti-money laundering failures
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has continued to flex its new fining powers by issuing a £5,000 penalty against a law firm for ...
Global
Global: Thunes Gets Nod for New Payment License in France
Global cross-border payments firm Thunes announced that it has been granted a payment license by the French regulator, enabling it to send payments worldwide on ...
News
Nigeria: Workers transferred N663bn to other PFAs – PenCom
No fewer than 168,768 workers have changed their Pension Fund Administrators and moved N663.761bn Retirement Savings Accounts since the National Pension Commission opened ...
News
Nigeria: Cashless policy will boost MSME loans – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria and stakeholders in the financial services sector have said a robust cashless policy system is capable of increasing Medium, ...
Ghana
Ghana: NCA orders telcos to delink all blocked SIMS from its databases by April 17
Telecommunications companies have been ordered to delink all disconnected SIM cards from their databases by April 17, 2023. According to the Ghana Chamber ...
Innovation
Africa, Middle East to spend $3bn on AI
The Middle East and African region will spend $3bn in 2023 to boost Artificial Intelligence capacity. This will only account for two per cent ...
Africa
Africa: IMF sounds alarm on declining aid, rising debt
The International Monetary Fund on Friday warned a shortage of funding for sub-Saharan Africa was negatively impacting the region, slowing growth and threatening ...
