Kenya
Kenya: Safaricom Adjusts Rates for Paybill and Buy Goods Tariffs
Safaricom’s M-PESA is its biggest product, and one of the many services that make the telco attractive to Kenyans. M-PESA has also been ...
Africa
Africa: AfDB, others mobilise $31b investment for Africa
The African Investment Forum (AIF), a joint special investment vehicle of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and six other partners, have mobilised a ...
News
SA: New payment system launching in South Africa
South Africa’s financial sector has taken a huge step towards modernising the country’s payment ecosystem with the adoption of a new global messaging ...
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Nigeria: New naira- CBN limits cash deposits for individual accounts
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed that individuals can only deposit N5million for new accounts and N50million for old accounts in one ...
Ghana
Ghana: GSE launches Environment, Social and Governance manual for listed companies
In a bid to enhance transparency and accountability, the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) in collaboration with its partners has launched the Environment, Social ...
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SA: Mara launches crypto wallet for sub-Saharan Africa
Mara Group, the pan-African technology firm building phones and applications for various use cases in the continent has launched Mara Wallet. Mara Wallet ...
Global
Global: MAS and SFA Announce Award Winners at Singapore FinTech Festival
Singapore, 4 November 2022… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) announced the award winners of the Global ...
Global
Global: CBDCs Could Reduce FX Transaction Speeds to 10 Seconds, NY Fed Says
Foreign exchange transactions could drop from a two-day process to less than 10 seconds if central bank digital currencies (CBDC) were involved, according ...
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Nigeria: NITDA BLOCKCHAIN SCHOLARSHIP (NBS) 2022
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) under the Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy announces the Blockchain Developers Scholarship to train ...
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Nigeria: MTN appoints Obiageli Ugboma as Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has announced the appointment of Ms Obiageli Ugboma as its Chief Risk and Compliance Officer. In a corporate disclosure issued ...
