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Access bank expects 30% profit outside Nigeria, to expand to 8 new African countries
Nigeria’s largest bank, Access Bank Plc, has said that it expects to generate as much as 30% of profit outside its home market, ...
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A web platform for loans and credit launches in South Africa, Kenya and Ghana
Loanspot is a leading credit and loans content platform that constantly focuses on educating and providing information on loans and credit to Africans. ...
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Inaccessible spectrum cut-off 950m Africans from Internet
Despite continued progress in the expansion of mobile service and Internet connectivity, 50 percent of Africans (680 million people) did not use mobile ...
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Podimo, the podcast and short-form audio subscription service, picks up €11.2M in new funding
Podimo, the Copenhagen-founded subscription service for short form audio stories and podcasts, has raised an additional €11.2 million in funding. The round is ...
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MTN Takes on the African Fintech Space with Strategic Partnership with Mastercard
In what seems like a step to expand the MTN MoMo partnership, MasterCard and MTN have announced a strategic partnership to enable millions ...
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New security Hack Lets Attackers Bypass MasterCard PIN by Using Them As Visa Card
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a novel attack that could allow criminals to trick a point of sale terminal into transacting with a victim’s ...
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Afreximbank set to commit $200 million to Africa’s export fund
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has planned to commit a $200 million envelope to support the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA) ...
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Unybrands Closes $25M Seed To Acquire, Scale Online Brands
Sustained by a $25 million seed investment, Unybrands has launched an e-commerce platform aimed at acquiring successful fulfillment by Amazon and direct-to-consumer sellers looking ...
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World Remit Aligns with CBN on new Dollar Account Opening
Cross-border digital payments service, World Remit has described the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, mandating commercial banks to open dollar ...
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Mintra doubles maritime eLearning business with Safebridge acquisition
Digital learning provider Mintra is expanding its maritime business with the acquisition of Safebridge for EUR5.95m. Mintra said the acquisition of Safebridge would ...