Global
Global: Starling responds to UK Govt’s report on suspected BBLS fraud
UK Government has confirmed that of the £47 billion provided in loans through the Bounce Back Loan (BBL) scheme, £1.1 billion of these ...
News
SA: Naspers set to offload R132-billion Tencent stake?
Tencent Holdings shares worth US$7.6 billion (R132-billion) appeared in Hong Kong’s clearing and settlement system, spurring speculation that a large stakeholder is gearing ...
Global
Global: Payments Firm Bolt Scraps Deal to Acquire Crypto Company Wyre
California-based online payments company Bolt is pulling out of an agreement to buy crypto provider Wyre. The news of the scrapped deal, which ...
News
Tanzania: Boomplay strikes deal with Tanzanian telco Tigo
Tanzanian telecommunications company Tigo has entered into a partnership with Boomplay to give its customers more access to music via the Africa-facing streaming platform. Representatives from ...
Ethopia
Ethopia: IFC buys Sh19.2bn stake in Safaricom Ethiopia
Safaricom and its partners in the Ethiopian venture will see their combined stake drop by up to 15.5 percent after the International Finance ...
Global
Global: Australian Police Creates Crypto Forensic Unit
A cryptocurrency forensic unit has been launched by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to address crimes around cryptocurrency and money laundering. According to ...
News
Nigeria: NITDA Boss Canvasses Support for Nigeria’s Data Centre
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has urged Amazon to consider investing in the data center in Nigeria ...
News
Nigeria: Nigeria Gets N714bn from Company Income Tax
Nigerian government gets more than N714 billion from company income tax, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). In Nigeria, corporate tax ...
Global
Global: Businesses shut, events cancelled, and rates decision delayed after Queen’s death
Businesses, financial institutions and unions have cancelled or postponed events as a mark of respect to the Queen, with the Bank of England delaying a ...
Africa
Africa: AfDB Issues €1.25 Billion Benchmark Social Bond
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched and priced a new 1.25 billion euros seven-year Global Benchmark transaction, in a Social Bond format, ...
