Airtel Africa Plc has announced that its payment service bank subsidiary, SmartCash has commenced operations in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the company’s secretary, Simon O’Hara …
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EFG Hermes Recognized by the Financial Times and Statista as one of Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies in 2022
EFG Hermes Holding, the leading universal bank in Egypt and the leading investment bank franchise in Frontier Emerging Markets (FEM), announced today that it has been featured on the Financial …
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Unifeeder, a subsidiary of DP World, announced the launch of a new shipping service connecting Mozambique to the Middle East and India, providing African businesses with a new, fast and …
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Finance & ServicesInformation & TechnologyWestern Africa
Mastercard and OPay announces strategic partnership to grow cashless ecosystem and advance digital financial inclusion for millions
Partnership will enable OPay customers to pay on global online platforms backed by Mastercard’s secure Mastercard virtual payment solution linked to the OPay wallet · OPay consumers will …
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In a bid to tackle the problem of lack of telecom network services in rural areas, Loofca International Limited United Kingdom has partnered with Vanu Incorporated, United States, to deploy …
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Zimbabwe’s central bank has banned third country foreign payments, except for fuel, in measures to facilitate critical transactions to keep the economy going smoothly and encourage remittance of export proceeds back …
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Naira hit a four month low on Thursday, depreciating 0.30 per cent against the U.S. dollar at the official market. The currency which opened trading at N416.50 closed at N420.00 to …
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Over the last two decades, China has established itself as Africa’s largest bilateral lender, helping bankroll key infrastructure projects on the continent but a new report by the Boston University’s …
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Global tech giant Google has added 24 new languages spoken by more than 300 million people to its Google Translate platform. Ten of the new additions are in Africa, including …
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Banking, Finance & InvestmentSouth Africa
S.Africa’s central bank to hike by 50bps on May 19 for the first time since 2016
South Africa’s Reserve Bank is set to make its first 50 basis point hike to its repo rate in more than six years next week, taking it to 4.75%, to …