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Fintech Is The Leading Driver In Nigeria Start-up Ecosystem, Research Reveals.
Fintech is the leading sub-sector of the Nigerian startup space, both in terms of levels…
How First Bitcoin Phone To Phone Transfer With Nokia N900 Revolusionalises Cryptocurrency.
Satoshi’s Bitcoin is nearing its 14-year anniversary, which will occur on January 3, 2023, and…
Nigeria To Convert It’s N20 Trillion Central Bank Loan Into Bond
The Nigerian government is to restructure its record N20 trillion debt to the central bank…
Six African Start-ups Made Finals In Ecobank Fintech Challenge.
Six African fintech companies have been announced as finalists of this year’s Ecobank Fintech Challenge,…
Egyptian Banks Reduce Withdrawal Limit For Travelers Over Scarce Dollars.
Egyptian banks recently tightened limits on foreign currency withdrawals from local currency accounts as they…
African Start-ups Funding For Half Of 2022 Doubles To $4 Billion.
Funding for African startups is on track to hit a record this year despite a…
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Ghana Crypto and Fintech Regulatory Sandbox Set To Provide Solution For Crypto Businesses In The Country.
The Bank of Ghana has launched a Regulatory and Innovation Sandbox that could be the…
Peter Obi Promises To Remove Import Forex Restrictions And End Double Forex Market Rate.
The leading presidential candidate in Nigeria's forthcoming 2023 presidential election, Labour Party's Peter Obi has…
Nigeria Executes First Pan African Payment and Settlement System Transaction In Africa.
Nigeria becomes the first country in Africa to record the first successful transaction through the…
Six African Fintech Start-ups Made The Top Global Promising Fintechs 2022.
Market intelligence platform, CB Insights has unveiled the winners of the fifth annual Fintech 250…
Nigeria Central Bank Proposes 25 Billion Naira Capital Base For Deposit-Taking Fintechs.
Central Bank Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele has proposed a 25 Billion naira capital base for…
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CBN Called To Review Hostile Crypto Directive In Banking System.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been implored to re-evaluate its current anti-crypto directive…
Kenya’s Central Bank Says Forex Reserves Are Adequate, In Response To VP’s Claim of Inadequacy.
The central bank of Kenya has refuted remarks made by the country’s deputy president Rigathi…
CBN Plans To Increase Fintech Capital Base Above N 2 Billion.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is making plans to raise the capital base for…
Forex Scarcity Faulted As Naira Hit All Time Low Against Dollar.
Nigerian currency recently lost further ground against the US dollar after the naira’s parallel market…
Crypto Start-ups, FinTechs Face Crisis, CBN Raises Interest Rate To 15.5%
In consideration of the galloping global and local inflationary levels, the Monetary Policy Committee of…
Flutterwave Adds eNaira As Payment Option.
Flutterwave, an African payment solutions company, has announced the addition of the eNaira as a…
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First Bank Suspends International Transactions On Naira Cards, Other Banks May Follow.
First Bank of Nigeria says it will suspend international transactions on its naira Mastercard from…
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Nigerian Blockchain Payments Fintech Start-up Bitmama Raises $2M Pre-seed Funding For Expansion.
Blockchain based payment services company, Bitmama has raised a pre-seed extension of $1.65 million, adding…
Central Bank of Nigeria Grants Pan African Fintech: Flutterwave Nigeria’s Highest Payment Processing License.
Flutterwave, Pan African fintech company has been granted a Switching and Processing License by the…
Flutterwave Series Of Woes Continue, As Kenyan Court Freezes More Millions.
A Kenyan high Court has frozen another Sh400.6 million ($3.3 Million) in three bank accounts and…
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$50,000 Up For Grabs In Ecobank Africa Fintech Challenge.
The banking group, Ecobank Group, has launched the fifth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge and…
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CBDC: e-Cedi Will Not Affect MTN MoMo Vendors’ Business, says Bank Of Ghana
The Bank of Ghana has assured citizens that the e-cedi, the country's central bank digital…
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MTN Nigeria Rolls Out Live 5G Internet Services Today at 190 Locations.
MTN Nigeria Communications Limited 5G internet network has gone live today, the telecommunications giant, won…
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Loan Apps: Fed Govt Asks Flutterwave, Opay, Telecoms To Stop Providing Services To Online Lenders.
Nigeria's Federal Competition and Consumers Protection Commission, FCCPC, has directed payment systems operators, PSOs, such…