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SA: Telkom Partners with Clickatell to Launch Mobile Messaging Payments in South Africa
Clickatell, the Chat Commerce and business messaging leader, has launched their Chat 2 Pay feature for South Africa’s largest integrated communications company, Telkom. ...
Ghana
Ghana: ‘Digitalisation is not about technology., it is about people’ – Patricia Obo-Nai
Patricia Obo-Nai, CEO of Vodafone Ghana, has emphasised the need for digitalisation to be accessible to all, particularly society’s most vulnerable. Speaking at ...
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Nigeria: KMPG Nigeria Names Yemi Kale Chief Economist, Partner
Ex-statistician general of the Federation, Dr. Oyeyemi Kale has become chief economist, and partner at KPMG Nigeria, the accounting firm said in a ...
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Tanzania: the government and the World Bank commit to helping women access digital technologies
Despite the initiatives undertaken by the Tanzanian executive, a large digital gender gap remains in the country. Actions are underway to remove the ...
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Nigeria is the 5th Most Interested Country in Bitcoin
Nigeria is the 5th most country most obsessed with Bitcoin, it is in fact the only African country in the top 20, with ...
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Global: SWIFT cross border CBDC solution to progress to beta
SWIFT has been testing an interoperability solution to enable domestic central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to be used for cross border payments. It ran 12 weeks of ...
Ghana
Ghana: Standard Chartered appoints Ebenezer Twum Asante as Board Chair
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC has appointed Ebenezer Twum Asante as Chairman of the Board of Directors with effect from March 1, 2023. ...
Ghana
Ghana: GCB Bank completes first Pan-African Payment and Settlement System client transaction in Ghana
GCB Bank Plc, one of the largest banks in Ghana, today announced it successfully completed the first Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) ...
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Nigeria: FG Sets Up Committee to Implement Nigeria Startup Act
The Federal Government on Wednesday (March 8, 2023) inaugurated the Nigeria Startup Act (NSA) Implementation Committee to help build the country’s innovative ecosystem. ...
Global
Global: Google Launches Three Initiatives to Empower Women Entrepreneurs in Africa
Google has marked International Women’s Day by unveiling three new initiatives to empower women entrepreneurs in Africa and equip them with the tools ...
