Global
Global: Japan’s government approves policy to drive Web 3.0 adoption
The Japanese government on Tuesday gave the green light to a new policy that plans to develop and expand the Web3 environment in ...
News
Uganda: Ugandan Banks’ Profits Grow By 26.9 Percent , BoU Report Shows
Uganda’s banking sector remained on growth track in the year ended December 2021, despite economic disruptions brought about by Covid-19 pandemic, Bank of ...
News
Gambia: CBG Governor Says Inflation Accelerated to 11.7 Percent in 2022
The Governor of the Central Bank of the Gambia, Mr Buah Saidy, has disclosed to the media that the inflation rate accelerated from ...
Kenya
Kenya: Govt Moves to Enhance Cyber Security Systems to Protect Digital Economy
The government has kick-started the process of developing up-to-date cyber security strategies that are geared towards safeguarding and strengthening the country’s e-commerce and ...
News
Jamaica Becomes First Country to Make a CBDC Legal Tender
Jamaica’s central bank has officially recognized the “Jam-Dex” central bank digital currency (CBDC) as legal tender, becoming the first country to do so. ...
Africa
Libya: EU to Support Economic Governance and Digital Transformation in Libya
The €5M E-NABLE project will be implemented by Expertise France “E-NABLE”, a new project funded by the European Union, will support key Libyan economic institutions ...
Global
Global: Mastercard Debuts Open Banking Feature ‘Pay By Link’
Mastercard debuted its Pay by Link payments feature at Money 20/20 Europe, leaning on European open banking platform Aiia to allow businesses to send their customers ...
Global
Global: PayPal enables transfer of digital currencies to external wallets
After rolling out the ability to buy and sell crypto on its platform in October 2020, PayPal is finally allowing users the ability to natively ...
News
Nigeria: Internet potential remains untapped despite digital gap, says report
The immense potential of the Internet for social and economic good remains largely untapped despite 30 years of steady growth, according to a ...
Global
Global: Checkout.com launches 24/7 stablecoin settlement in partnership with Fireblocks
Global payment processor Checkout.com has launched a new stablecoin settlement system that will allow merchants to process crypto payments from their customers in ...

