Global
Global: Banks and technology partners join EU-wide pilot of digital IDs
A new multi-country consortium of European identity experts has firmed up a proposal to deliver a large-scale, cross-border payments pilot. Six countries (Denmark, ...
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Nigeria: Flutterwave Enables eNaira as Payment Option for Businesses
Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, announced that merchants can now accept eNaira payments from their customers on their platform. This is an ...
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Nigeria: Buhari Hails CBN, NDIC, NAICOM, Others on Financial System Stability
President Muhammadu Buhari commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), alongside the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and ...
Ghana
Ghana: Govt Commends Vodafone Ghana for Driving Digital Growth
The Deputy Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ama Pomaa Boateng, has lauded Vodafone Ghana for supporting the youth in developing core digital skills ...
Malawi
Malawi: Parliamentary Committee Obtaining Submissions on Banking Amendment Bill
The Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament is this week expected to meet officials from all eight commercial banks in a bid to ...
Kenya
Kenya: Equity Group Ranked as the Most Attractive Bank in Kenya
Equity Group Holdings has been ranked as the most attractive bank in Kenya in the Cytonn H1’2022 banking sector report, backed by a ...
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Nigeria: Nigeria’s central bank sold forex worth $4.86 billion to authorised dealers in Q1 2022
The Central Bank of Nigeria sold $4.86 billion worth of foreign exchange to authorities dealers in the first quarter of 2022. This is ...
Africa
Africa: Africa Loses 15% of GDP to Climate Change – AfDB
Africa has been losing from five per cent to 15 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita growth because of ...
Botswana
Bostwana: Cellulant Teams Up with Orange to Expand Payment Options in Bostwana
Orange Money, the mobile money service of Orange and leading Pan-African payments company, Cellulant have announced a new partnership to enable card-to-wallet transfers ...
Global
Global: OpenNode Is Testing Bitcoin Payments with the Central Bank of Bahrain
Using the central bank’s fintech digital sandbox to trial bitcoin payment solutions, OpenNode will bring BTC payments to the island kingdom for the ...
