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Nigeria: FG Seeks More Investment in Innovation Hubs to Drive Nigeria’s Digital Economy
The Federal Government has called for increased investment in technology hubs and innovation spaces across Nigeria, describing them as critical platforms for developing ...
Africa
Africa: Visa partners with _able, Onafriq to expand credit access across Africa
Visa has partnered with credit infrastructure provider _able and African payments company Onafriq to explore new ways of expanding access to formal credit ...
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Nigeria: NITDA, North West University explore partnership to accelerate digital transformation
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and North West University have begun discussions on a potential partnership aimed at strengthening digital capacity, ...
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Nigeria: MTN Nigeria pivots to AI, fintech and digital services as voice revenue growth slows
MTN Nigeria is accelerating its shift from a traditional telecommunications operator to a broader technology and financial services company, with artificial intelligence, fintech, ...
Ghana
Ghana: Independent Tax Appeals Board to improve Ghana’s tax dispute resolution – PwC
The full operationalisation of Ghana’s Independent Tax Appeals Board (ITAB) could strengthen the country’s tax dispute resolution framework by giving taxpayers an independent ...
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Nigeria: Zenith Bank confirms customer data breach amid rising cyber threats to Nigeria’s banking sector
Zenith Bank Plc has confirmed that it experienced a cybersecurity incident that resulted in unauthorised access to a limited set of customer information, ...
Global
Global: Borderless.xyz, Mastercard partner to strengthen trust in cross-border stablecoin payments
Borderless.xyz has partnered with Mastercard to pilot a new framework designed to enhance trust, transparency, and compliance in cross-border stablecoin payments, as digital ...
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Nigeria: Interswitch, Temenos strengthen CBN collaboration on Nigeria’s banking modernisation agenda
Interswitch Group and global banking technology provider Temenos have deepened their engagement with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as part of ongoing ...
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Nigeria: World Bank urges Nigeria, developing economies to leverage AI for accelerated economic growth
The World Bank has called on Nigeria and other developing economies to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), saying the technology has ...
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Nigeria’s Project BRIDGE aims to deploy 90,000km fibre network by 2030
Nigeria is taking a significant step toward strengthening its digital infrastructure with Project BRIDGE, an ambitious national initiative designed to expand broadband connectivity ...