Kenya
Kenya’s Smile Identity gets $20 million for expansion.
Smile Identity, a Nairobi-based identity verification company, has raised $20 million in a Series B fundraising round headed by Norrsken22 and Costanoa Ventures. ...
Gambia
Gambia: Bsic Bank Qualify to 1st Inter-Bank Championship Final
The Sahel-Saharan Bank for Investment (BSIC) over the weekend qualified to their first ever final of the late Governor Jatta Inter-Banks football tournament ...
News
Uganda: Govt Washes Its Hands of High Mobile Money Charges
Government has defended itself on the high charges while members of the public transaction on mobile money. “The tax on mobile money transaction ...
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Rwanda: Central Bank’s Chief Economist On Strategies to Keep Inflation At Bay
The National Bank of Rwanda has increased its lending rate by 50 basis points from 6.5 percent to 7 percent in efforts to tame the ...
Global
Global: Plaid rolls out identity and KYC integration in Canada
Plaid has announced it will enable its identity verification and KYC solutions in Canada, to help users comply with Financial Transactions and Reports ...
Africa
Africa: World Leaders, Private Sector Urged to Establish an International Green Bank to Win Climate Change Battle
As the effects of climate change escalate and natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and droughts become more frequent and severe, threatening lives ...
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Nigeria: CBN Could Delay Repayment On $10.4 Billion Forex Loan – Moody’s
The money the CBN owes the banks are funds in the form of derivative transactions comprising forward contracts and swaps. The Central Bank ...
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Tanzania is ready to welcome Elon Musk’s Starlink into the country
“There is no reason whatsoever to deny his application, I have personally reached out to him…I reminded him that we are still waiting ...
Kenya
Kenya: The ADB opens a second ICT center of excellence in Kenya
On Wednesday, February 1, 2023, the African Development Bank (AfDB) inaugurated a second center of excellence in information and communication technologies at the ...
Madagascar
Madagascar: Orange partners with Africa Mobile Networks to improve its coverage of rural areas of Madagascar
Orange Madagascar is increasing investments in rural infrastructure to bring mobile services to the unconnected half of the Malagasy population. In January, the ...
