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Ecobank Group partners with MTN to deepen financial inclusion across Africa
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MTN (www.MTN.com) has announced a collaboration with Africa’s leading independent banking group, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) (www.Ecobank.com), enabling both companies to leverage each other’s assets that will ultimately offer more value to their respective customers across the continent. MTN’s large subscriber base, comprehensive distribution, innovative digital products and drive for mobile financial services are being linked with...
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WorldRemit partners with Lebara to connect new customers to its money transfer service to Africa
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The strategic partnership unlocks digital money transfers for millions of Lebara customers to send money to over 40 African nations
Lebara (https://Mobile.Lebara.com) and WorldRemit (www.WorldRemit.com), two leading brands serving international residents, have entered into a strategic partnership making WorldRemit the exclusive global money transfer partner of Lebara, including transfers to over 40 African countries.
The deal allows over 3 million...
Safaricom's Director of Consumer Business Sylvia Mulinge has been appointed the head of Tanzania's Vodacom.
Bob Collymore, the company's Chief Executive Officer, made the announcement on Monday.
"Mulinge has been appointed Managing Director effective June 1, 2018. She will be taking over from Ian Ferrao," Collymore said.
"Throughout her 17-year career, she has built a reputation as one of Kenya’s outstanding business...
Safaricom has announced a partnership with PayPal and TransferTo that will allow M-Pesa users to receive money from any PayPal account across the world directly into their M-PESA accounts in real time.
Also, it will be possible for PayPal users in Kenya to load their PayPal wallets via M-Pesa PayBill number 800088. PayPal is believed to be using the partnership...
With over 4 million users, the Ecobank Mobile App is available to all, enabling users to open an Ecobank Xpress™ Account instantly on their mobile device
LOME, Togo, April 9, 2018/ -- The groundbreaking Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com) Mobile App, a single, unified financial services application across 33 African countries, has processed 9 million transactions worth over $1 billion since launch less...
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has been selected as one of the 39 global and only African finalist for the prestigious Oracle CX Excellence Awards to be announced this tomorrow in Chicago, USA.
In a communique from global technology firm Oracle, KRA has been nominated as a finalist in the Modern Customer Experience Award. This award recognizes the...
By 2020, African countries will fully exploit mobile devices and the internet to conduct demographic and housing censuses more speedily and cost effectively, hence enhancing decision making for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This is what underpins a training workshop for high-level statisticians from all over Africa, taking place in Yaounde, Cameroon, at the behest of the...
National carrier, Kenya Airways and WheelTug plc, the aircraft e-taxi innovator, have executed a slot agreement for the airline’s fleet of Boeing 737NG aircraft.
Under this agreement, the WheelTug® system will enable Kenya Airways airplanes to taxi forward and backward, using small electric motors in their nosewheels rather than jet engines or a tow tug.
This will benefit the Pride of...
On the back of growing demand and soldout farm units, Farmcrowdy reopens additional crop farms for sponsorship.
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, today announced the launch of 7,500 acres of new maize and rice farms in Nigerian states, Kaduna and Kwara. Sponsorship will be open from the 4th...
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“Driving Trade, Unleashing Investment and Enhancing Economic Development”
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Prominent African and international business executives and investors to explore business opportunities at the Africa Trade and Investment Global Summit (ATIGS); a prestigious biennial conference and exhibition to be held on June 24-26, 2018 in Washington, DC, USA at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center.
Organized by GAA Exhibitions & Conferences, the 2018 ATIGS edition will gather...