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Rwanda: Virtual Pay acquires license to operate as a payment service provider (PSP)
The latest milestone will give Virtual Pay the chance to operate in full capacity and build Rwanda’s digital payment industry Virtual Pay International ...
Global
Global: Ant launches Singapore digital bank
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has launched its Singapore digital wholesale bank, Anext. Anext has soft launched after scoring one of two digital ...
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Nigeria: SEC to Give Capital Market Participants ‘ID’ to Curb Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), says capital market participants are to be given unique identifiers to curb issues of fraud in the ...
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Rwanda: MTN Rwanda, Ericsson collaboration drives digital transformation in Rwanda
MTN Rwandacell (MTN Rwanda) and Ericsson executives met on the side lines of the recently ended annual Broadband Commission meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, ...
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DRC: Airtel Africa Acquires DRC Spectrum for $42m
Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services today announces the purchase of 58 MHz of additional spectrum spread across ...
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South Africa: Reserve Bank on R500 note and R10 coin for South Africa
As South Africans grapple with the rising cost of inflation and increased cost of living, there has been a growing debate on whether ...
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MFS Africa acquires US-based Global Technology Partners (GTP)
Today, MFS Africa, Africa’s largest digital payments network, announced that it has reached an agreement to buy Global Technology Partners (GTP). Based in Tulsa, ...
Egypt
Egypt: Egypt’s net foreign reserves record $35.5B in May
Egypt’s net foreign reserves decreased $1.63 billion during May, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced Monday. The net foreign currency reserves reached ...
Global
Ghana: GCB Bank to leverage digitalisation to dominate industry
GCB Bank PLC says it is focused on accelerating its digital capabilities as a key driver to dominate the industry and create shareholder ...
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Nigeria’s Broadband Subscriptions Exceed 81 million; 42% Penetration in April 2022
The latest telecommunications industry statistics released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) shows that the country’s broadband subscriptions exceeded 81 million as at ...
