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Chipper Cash obtains license to operate in Malawi
Chipper Cash, a Pan-African startup that provides free peer-to-peer cross-border payment service, has officially obtained a license to provide money...
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Central Bank of Nigeria grants fintech company Fincra PSSP license
Fincra, an Africa-based payment infrastructure company, has announced that it has been granted its commercial Payment Service Solution Provider (PSSP)...
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Kenya fintech, Kwara, raises $3 million in seed funding, acquires IRNET
Kwara, a Kenyan fintech company that is digitizing credit unions, recently announced officially that it has raised $3 million in...
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TeamApt rebrands as Moniepoint to help African businesses grow
TeamApt Inc, a leading business banking fintech platform in Africa, has rebranded to Moniepoint, the name of its main product...
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BioNTech acquires Tunisia’s AI company, InstaDeep, for £582 million
BioNTech, the German biotech company that made a huge impact in 2020 by creating one of the most effective COVID-19...
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NALA integrates Google Pay payment option for users in the UK and US
Tanzanian fintech startup, NALA, has officially integrated Google Pay into its users' payment suite options a week after it released...
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CBN to redesign and circulate new naira notes by December 2022
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that it will carry out a redesign on the ₦200, ₦500, and...
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MTN launches Blow My Hustle initiative to support young Nigerian entrepreneurs
MTN Nigeria has officially announced the launching of the Blow My Hustle campaign aimed at supporting young Nigerians by providing...
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NCC directs telecom operators to reverse 10% hike on tariff
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has kicked against the recent move by telecom operators in the country to increase the prices...
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Ugandan President Museveni passes Computer Misuse Bill into law
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has passed the highly-controversial Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill into law, officially criminalizing a series of digital...
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