International payments network processor, Mastercard, has entered into a partnership with MTN Group Fintech aimed at driving mobile money acceleration in sub-saharan Africa. Amnah Ajmal, Mastetcard’s...
Airtel Africa has announced the launching of its ads platform, ‘’Airtel Ads’’, marking its official entry into the African advertising industry. Airtel Africa’s Chief Commercial Officer,...
The International Financial Corporation (IFC) has selected 100 women-led startup owners to support through the She Wins Africa program, an initiative led by the IFC aimed...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with the Zemen Bank of Ethiopia to strengthen trade financing in the country. The deal, according to Ato Dereje,...
Global payments solution provider, Mastercard, has have signed a 5-year strategic collaboration framework with Kenya’s KCB Bank that will see holders of their cards across the...
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has committed $40 million equity investment in the African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) in Abuja, Nigeria. AFC, which is Africa’s...
Leading Ugandan bank, Diamond Trust Bank Uganda (DTBU), has entered into a partnership with global cross-border payments network company, TerraPay, aimed at expanding international money transfers...
South African mobile operators have unveiled new Application Programme Interfaces (APIs) services that will help checkmate and combat internet fraud in the country. The move which...
Ethiopia’s leading private financial institution, Awash Bank S.C, has partnered with global payments company, Mastercard, to launch the Awash international prepaid cards. Yohannes Merga, Senior Chief,...
Mobile money transfer and payment service provider, M-Pesa, has entered into a partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) aimed at boosting financial inclusion for small-holder...
Oil marketers and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority expect refined petroleum product prices to reduce as another...
Kenya’s statistics agency said on Tuesday that Kenya’s consumer price inflation increased slightly to 3.0% year-over-year in December from 2.8%...
Transnet, a state-owned logistics company in South Africa, announced on Tuesday that it had lost 2.2 billion rand ($117.48 million)...
A 15 billion yuan ($2 billion) currency-swap arrangement between China and Nigeria has been extended to boost investment and commerce...
As anticipated, Egypt’s central bank has maintained its overnight interest rates, stating that although inflation was predicted to drop significantly...
According to the African Development Bank (AfDB), illicit money flows and profit shifting by multinational corporations doing business in Africa...
Former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has told President Abdourahamane Tchiani of Niger Republic to refrain from making infantile and...
Elon Musk’s satellite internet service provider, Starlink, has again jacked up the prices of its services in Nigeria after an...
The former President of Moroccan top club, Raja Casablanca, Mohamed Aouzal, has been sentenced to three and a half years...
The Zambian Ministry of Health has reported a second case of Monkeypox, popularly known as Mpox, in Kitwe region of...