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 …
South Africa’s Blue Label Telecoms Ltd announced Thursday that it had concluded an agreement to restructure and refinance mobile operator Cell C’s 7.3 billion rand ($411 million) debt to bolster its …
The National Treasury and South African Revenue Service (SARS) are standing their ground on proposed amendments to tax legislation in South Africa, despite protests from businesses. Speaking to the parliamentary …
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 …
The Nigerian startup ecosystem has recorded a significant amount of growth in terms of investments, with Lagos taking the lead. According to a report, about 383 Nigerian tech startups raised a …
The Debt Management Office (DMO) said Nigeria’s total public debt stock, which was N41.60 trillion (100.07 billion dollars) in March rose to N42.84 trillion (103.31 billion dollars) by June. According …