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SA: Visa Appoints New Country Head for South Africa
Global payments company Visa has appointed Lineshree Moodley as its new Country Head for South Africa (SA). Lineshree will be responsible for the ...
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Nigeria: DG NITDA Makes Strong Case for e-Voting
The proper administration of elections contributes immensely to the growth of democracy and civic development, Kashifu Inuwa, the Director General, National Information Technology ...
Global
Global: Israel, Norway and Sweden central banks partner with BIS to explore CBDC payments
The Project Icebreaker initiative aimed to improve cross-border payments by reducing costs and increasing speed and transparency, with a final report expected in ...
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Nigeria: CBN Gives Commercial Banks 48 Hours to Deposit Over N6trn Customers Deposit Into Its Account
The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued 48 hours deadline to commercial banks to deposit not less than N6.96 trillion of customers’ deposits ...
Kenya
Kenya: Safaricom announces 50 per cent reduction in Fuliza interest charges
Borrowers of Fuliza will, from October 1, 2022, be freed of daily maintenance charges for transactions below Sh1,000 in the first three days ...
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Nigeria: eNaira Records over 1.49m Transactions Worth N3.484b
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said the eNaira application has recorded over 1.49 million transactions worth over N3.484 billion. Godwin Emefiele, the ...
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Nigeria: CBN recovers 3.7trn intervention funds
Beneficiaries of various Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intervention schemes have re-paid a total of N3.7 trillion out of the N9. 3 trillion ...
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Nigeria: UBA to begin cross-border transactions with PAPSS in Q4
United Bank for Africa Plc. (UBA) says it will soon start cross-border transactions with the new Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in ...
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NIGERIA: NITDA HOSTS BLOCKCHAIN DAY AT DIGITAL NIGERIA CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER 2022
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) under the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy in partnership with Domineum Blockchain Solutions a ...
Africa
One Africa, One Voice: Digital Inclusion Holds the Power to Accelerate Africa’s Economic Growth
The event will gather major players across sectors to explore innovation, technology, and collaboration opportunities to find solutions for the digital inclusion challenges ...
