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Nigeria: NIBSS, Flutterwave, others get fintech awards
The organisers of the Nigerian Fintech Awards have singled out four institutions and nine individuals for special recognition to celebrate their contributions to ...
Global
Global: Ireland-led GDPR probe of Yahoo’s cookie banners moves to draft decision review
A multi-year investigation into Yahoo — looking at compliance with key transparency requirements of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including ...
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Nigeria: MTN Nigeria’s 81.2m users to suffer network outage for 7 hours over system upgrade
Mobile telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria has announced some customers may experience service downtime for seven hours as it plans to effect a system ...
Global
Global: Virgin Money Accredited Under UK’s General Export Facility Program
Financial service firm Virgin Money has joined the English government’s General Export Facility (GEF), opening up access to financial support to the company’s ...
Ghana
Ghana: Fitch sees more than 50% chance of Ghana defaulting on debt repayment
Rating agency, Fitch, sees more than 50% chance of Ghana defaulting on its debt repayment. According to the rating agency, the country’s sovereign ...
Kenya
Kenya: Google to Build African Products at Nairobi’s Development Center
Google has said the opening of a Product Development Centre in Nairobi and software engineers hired from diverse backgrounds across Africa will enable ...
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Nigeria’s Touch and Pay Wins the Ecobank Fintech Challenge 2022
Nigerian fintech Touch and Pay has won the 2022 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge and with it a US$50,000 cash prize — ...
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SA: NGO Partners Luno To Allow For Use Of Bitcoin In Its Charity Work
A partnership between cryptocurrency platform, Luno, and a nonprofit organization, FoodForward SA is seeking to allow South Africans to make donations in cryptocurrency. ...
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Nigeria: NCC Inaugurates Committee to Accelerate Broadband Infrastructure Deployment
In a bid to give verve to expansion of broadband services in the country, the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC) has inaugurated an industry-wide committee ...
Global
Global: Bank of Japan says printing of current batch of yen banknotes has ended
Japan finished printing in September the current ¥10,000 banknote featuring a portrait of prominent educator Yukichi Fukuzawa, the Bank of Japan said, and ...
