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NSE’s Demutualisation Excites Corporate Affairs Commission DG
The Registrar-General/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, has expressed excitement at the demutualisation of the Nigerian ...
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Standard Bank set to raise its stake in Angola – Sola David-Borha, CEO
The Johannesburg-based Standard Bank has expressed interest in raising its stake in its Angola unit after an investor in the business was detained ...
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Y Combinator pours $125k into Philippine edtech firm for software developers
Philippine-based edtech firm Avion School has raised US$125,000 from startup accelerator Y Combinator to build a school that teaches Filipinos how to become global ...
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ION to buy Dash
ION Investment Group is set to snap up another fintech, agreeing to buy options technology and execution provider Dash Financial Technologies. Irish outfit ...
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Nasdaq, New York Stock Exchange sue SEC over planned overhaul of public data feeds
Nasdaq Inc and the New York Stock Exchange have each sued the Securities and Exchange Commission, seeking to block a plan by the ...
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Ivory Coast fintech app Djamo selected for Y Combinator accelerator
Ivory Coast-based Djamo, a financial super app for consumers in French-speaking Africa, has been accepted into the Silicon Valley-based accelerator Y Combinator, banking ...
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Saudi Arabia’s central bank faces biggest overhaul in decades
Saudi Arabia’s central bank is set for its most significant changes in decades as a new law comes into force this month that ...
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MTN Group set to sell-off its 20% shareholding in BICS for $121million
South Africa’s MTN Group is selling off its 20% shareholding in Belgacom International Carrier Services SA (BICS) to Belgian state-controlled telecoms firm Proximus ...
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Facebook and Snap Inc call for a GDPR-aligned Australian Privacy Act
Two of the largest social media platforms have asked that the Australian government consider implementing many of the elements present in Europe’s General ...
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Irish fintech company sets up Mideast HQ in Riyadh
Irish financial technology company Global Shares has announced it is to set up its Middle East headquarters in Riyadh and has partnered with ...