Africa

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has signed a $20 million deal with The United States African Development Foundation (USADF) to empower African entrepreneurs. An offshoot of the ongoing United Nations …

MultiChoice has announced a partnership with Sky, which will see the South African broadcaster sell its “Sky Glass” TV range from 2023. In the UK, the Sky Glass TV comes …

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended the extension of operating hours to airlines flying into sunrise to sunset airports. With this directive, operating hours would no longer …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced a programme of activities for the 62nd Independence Anniversary of the country, ahead of October 1st. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, the …

Ghana and Finland have signed a framework agreement on projects to be funded under Finland’s Public Sector Investment Facility (PIF) Scheme. The agreement was signed on Monday on the margins …

The SA Reserve Bank on Thursday raised its main lending rate by 75 basis points to 6.25%, for the second meeting in a row. Three members of the monetary policy …

Leading cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has announced the creation of a new Global Advisory Board (GAB). The new board is composed of well-known 11 members who are experts in public policy, government, …

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading fintech company, today announced Google Pay, a mobile payment service, developed by Google, as a payment method on Flutterwave’s platform.  As part of this collaboration, Google Pay will …

First Bank of Nigeria says it will suspend international transactions on its naira Mastercard from September 30. In a recent statement to its customers, the bank said such transactions would not …

Ghana’s economy grew by 4.8 percent, year-on-year, in the second quarter of this year largely due to the manufacturing and crop and cocoa sectors, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has …