Kenya
Kenya: Airtel Kenya Names Ashish Malhotra As Its New MD
The Board of Airtel Networks Kenya Limited has appointed Ashish Malhotra as Managing Director, to steer the firm’s next phase of growth. He ...
Namibia
Namibia: Bank Windhoek Adjusts Fee Structure Effective July
Bank Windhoek this week announced its new fee structure, effective Friday, 1 July 2022. The fee structure considers the current economic outlook, compounded ...
News
Nigeria: KongaPay at House of Lords, London, Signs Historic Partnership with Bibimoney
KongaPay, a frontline mobile money platform and a member of the Konga Group, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has signed a landmark deal ...
Global
Global: Iran to launch a pilot version of its CBDC towards end of August
Iran is launching the pilot version of its central bank digital currency (CBDC)—the crypto rial. The governor of the Central Bank of Iran ...
Ghana
Ghana: PAPSS to reduce US dollar demand in Ghana, other African countries – BoG
The governor of the central bank, Dr. Ernest Addison has said the implementation of the Pan African Payments Systems (PAPSS) among the African ...
Egypt
Egypt: Amazon Egypt Introduces BNPL Offerings Through valU FinTech Platform
Amazon Egypt is now offering buy now, pay later (BNPL) plans to qualified buyers through valU, the companies announced Sunday (July 3). FinTech ...
News
Nigeria: Cherry Eromosele Elevated to EVP Marketing and Communications Interswitch Group
Cherry Eromosele, a frontline marketing communications professional, has had yet another feather added to her professional cap as foremost payment giant, Interswitch ...
Global
Global: OneCoin’s Cryptoqueen on FBI’s Most-Wanted Lists for $4Bn Fraud
A German citizen accused of defrauding investors out of $4 billion by selling a fake cryptocurrency called OneCoin has been added to the ...
Africa
Africa: Mastercard, Ecobank Group to Digitise Agricultural Value Chains in Africa
Mastercard and Ecobank Group have partnered to connect millions of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to Mastercard’s Farm Pass – a digital platform ...
News
Nigeria: Nigerian Exchange suspends Royal Exchange, C&I Leasing, 7 others for default in audited financial statements
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has suspended nine companies from its facilities, effective today, (Friday, 1 July 2022), having failed to file their ...
