Pan African bank, Ecobank Group, has announced the appointment of an ex-Microsoft staff Mrs. Aissatou Djiba Diallo as its new Senior Fintech Advisor to strategically raise Ecobank’s support for the fintech sector. Mrs. Aissatou Djiba Diallo will lead the Group’s fintech initiatives and advise senior management on the banking group’s fintech…
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British Travel giant Thomas Cook collapsed on Monday leaving many people stranded globally. This means that all bookings, including flights and holidays have been cancelled. Listed on The London Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Thomas Cook had two business lines – as a Tour Operator and as an…
Facebook Ad breaks are now available in Africa – Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Ghana. Ad breaks help video creators and publishers earn money by including short ads in their video content. Ad breaks are only available to Pages that publish videos in certain languages and countries. English is one of…
Verod Capital has announced the acquisition of 100% of Metropolitan Life Insurance Nigeria Limited from South African-based Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited. Though the amount was not disclosed, this sees Momentum Metropolitan exiting the Nigerian market in line with its Reset and Grow strategy. Metropolitan Life Nigeria is a life insurance…
Do you have a great electronic design idea that you are anxious to get into production and out to the masses? While there is nothing wrong with having an idea that you are excited and passionate about, unfortunately those aren’t the only ingredients to success. Bringing a concept through the…
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Huawei went ahead with the launch of the Mate 30 series without pre-installed Google Apps in Munich, Germany today. The Mate 30 series will come without pre-installed key Google apps like Gmail, YouTube, Maps or Play Store due to the US blacklist. Instead the Chinese company will offer its own…
rain is a data-only network in South Africa and it can boast of being the first network to roll out a commercial 5G network in Africa. The network first announced the launch at MWC Barcelona in February 2019. It has now rolled it out in in certain areas in Johannesburg and…
A new word was introduced into the modern day terminology when Apple unveiled the iPhone 11 and the iPhone 11 Pro at an Apple event recently and it is called a “Slofie”. And now the company is trying to trademark the word in America, potentially giving it control over the…
Applications for a fully-sponsored seat in MEST Africa’s 1-year entrepreneurial training program in Accra, Ghana are now open for aspiring entrepreneurs from across the African continent. Interested applicants have until February 7th, 2020 to apply for the MEST Class of 2021. Successful applicants will receive in-depth training and mentorship, a…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued Approval-In-Principle to three Payment Service Banks (PSBs) – Hope PSB, Money Master PSB and 9PSB. This was revealed by Isaac Okoroafor, CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications in Abuja today. He explained that the approval in principle was part of the processes the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria is kicking off with the implementation of its Cashless policy for deposit taking financial institutions. According to a circular from the apex bank, charges shall apply on deposits into banks in the following locations: Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Abia, Rivers states and the Federal Capital Territory…
Mitwa Kaemba Ng’ambi, the first female CEO of AirtelTigo Ghana has resigned and is heading to MTN Rwanda as the new CEO. Her last day in AirtelTigo Ghana was Friday, September 13, 2019. Ng’ambi is replacing Bart Hofker, who has been the CEO of the operations in MTN Rwanda since…
Microsoft owned LinkedIn is rolling out a new feature – LinkedIn Skill Assessments which seeks to validate your skill in particular areas. This entitles you to a “verified skill badge” if you pass the assessment. Each Skill Assessment is a series of short assessments constructed through a rigorous content creation…
Omidyar Network’s Luminate is to invest $1million to boost the capacity of journalists and publishers to report in the public interest. The investment will be in the form of a dedicated Hub, named Baraza Media Lab, which will provide Kenyan journalists, publishers, and media entrepreneurs a dedicated physical space to…
The Anzisha Prize has unveiled its top twenty finalists for 2019. They were selected from over 500 applicants round the continent. The Anzisha Prize, an African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation partnership, is dedicated to identifying, supporting and celebrating young African entrepreneurs between the ages of 15-22 on the continent…
Paris-based fintech startup, FairMoney, has closed a 10 million Euro Series A round of investment led by Flourish, a venture of The Omidyar Group, the partners of DST Global, and existing seed investors Newfund, Speedinvest, and Le Studio VC. FairMoney intends to use the funds to scale the company’s engineering…
A new initiative, Africa-Europe Innovation Partnership, has launched in Nairobi, Kenya. It aims to support and connect innovation and technology incubators and accelerators in tapping into new markets, find their trusted partner across the Mediterranean as well as build new perspectives, knowledge and networks. The Partnership also matches with the…
Google announced that its algorithm will now elevate original news reporting in search results. According to Google, “Recently, we’ve made ranking updates and published changes to our search rater guidelines to help us better recognize original reporting, surface it more prominently in Search and ensure it stays there longer. This means readers…
Spotify restricts family plan to ‘family members residing at the same address’