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Nigeria re-elected as ITU council member
Nigeria has been re-elected as a council member of the International Telecommunication Union, by the United Nations specialised agency that oversees global telecommunication ...
Africa
Africa Records 388 Private Capital Investment Deals in H1 2022 worth $4.7bn
Private Capital in Africa Shows Promise for Year Ahead In one of the strongest half-year of private capital activity ever recorded, private capital ...
Global
Global: Mastercard pushes deeper into crypto with new tool for combating fraud
Mastercard will debut a new piece of software that helps banks identify and cut off transactions from fraud-prone crypto exchanges, the company told ...
Global
Global: MoneyGram Powers Remittances for UAE’s Jingle Pay App
Money transfer service businesses MoneyGram International and Jingle Payannounced a partnership Tuesday (Oct. 4) to enable global money transfers through the Jingle Pay ...
Kenya
Kenya: Cash-Crisis at First Community Bank as Customers Unable to Withdraw Funds
Shariah-compliant First Community Bank customers are unable to withdraw their monies as the bank limits heavy drawings occasioned by panicking customers. A spot-check ...
Ghana
Ghana: GCR affirms Ecobank Ghana rating A+, outlook stable
Pan African rating agency, GCR Ratings (“GCR”) has affirmed Ecobank Ghana PLC’s national scale long and short-term issuer credit ratings of A+(GH) and ...
Global
Global: Fed Tightens Rules on Card-Not-Present Debit Transactions
The Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors said Monday (Oct, 3) that it was officially ending so-called network exclusivity and would instead require all ...
Kenya
Kenya: Helios Exits Telkom Kenya After Offloading 60% Stake
British Investment firm, Helios Investment Partners, has offloaded its 60 per cent stake in Telkom Kenya, making the company a fully owned state ...
Ghana
Ghana: Patricia Obo-Nai Wins Best CEO of the Year at Africa Telecom Innovations and Excellence Awards
Vodafone Ghana Patricia Obo-Nai has won the Best CEO of the Year at the prestigious Telecommunications Innovations and Excellence Awards. The event is ...
Global
Global: SWIFT Plots Real-Time Role for Next 50 Years of Cross-Border Payments
Any business that has ever tried to receive a payment from abroad has likely experienced the frustration of a multiday delay for the ...
