The World Bank is partnering with Smart Africa, to scale up the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) initiative from a national to a regional
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African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has announced a new $1 billion fund to accelerate climate financing for Africa’s youth businesses. The additional financing
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Over 1,400 Fintech startups from 64 countries across Africa and beyond applied for this year’s Ecobank Fintech Challenge with eight of them making the
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Absa has collaborated with Women in Tech (WiT) to help shine a light on remarkable women from Africa who innovate, inspire and transform the
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Herconomy is breaking new ground in the fintech sector with its goal to become Africa’s first women-focused bank. Herconomy is a female-focused organization committed to
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Verdant Capital (www.Verdant-Cap.com) is pleased to announce that its Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund (the “Fund”) has completed a USD 9 million investment, structured as a holding company loan
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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) in Accra launched its wholly owned insurance management services subsidiary, AFREXInsure, with a commitment to provide a single-entry
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In maintaining its leadership status as Nigeria’s most innovative bank, Access Bank (https://www.AccessBankPlc.com/) has unveiled two new consumer credit cards: the Access Bank American
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Transak, a leading web3 payments and onboarding infrastructure provider, has raised $20M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by CE
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