Bezos Backed Fintech Chipper Cash Strengthens Presence In Rwanda
The San Francisco based innovative fintech company Chipper Cash has continued efforts to build strongholds in Africa as it strengthens…
Rwanda offers free COVID-19 vaccinations to citizens
The Rwandan government says it will offer free coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination to citizens after the country receives the vaccine next…
Campaigning Winds Up In Ghana Ahead Of Monday Election
Deafening vuvuzelas and party songs took over Ghana’s capital Accra on Saturday, the final day of campaigning ahead of presidential…
Togocom Partners Nokia to Launch West Africa’s First Commercial 5G Network
Africa’s dragged adoption of the 5G network may soon change with the new partnership between global telecoms equipment manufacturer Nokia,…
Ghana to Benefit from Huawei Rural Telephony Project
The Ghanaian government under the auspices of the Ministry of Communications has launched the Rural Telephony Project which aims to…
Kenya, South Africa and Cameroon Most Hit by Mobile Fraud
A new report has identified Kenya, South Africa, and Cameroon as the top three African countries most hit by mobile…
African Commodity Index declines moderately in Q3-2020
There are indications that this is not the best of times for many resource rich African countries as the Afreximbank…
Zimbabwe’s highly indebted power utility firm begins clearing coal producers’ $1.2bn debt
Government owned power utility, Zesa Holdings, has started paying coal miners after the debt ballooned to over $1,2 billion over…
Bitcoin breaches $14,000 on Election Day, up 1,900% compared to 2016
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) rose by more than 2% in two hours to briefly top $14,000 as the polls…
WTO blockchain report says customs remains ‘weak link’ of trade digitalization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) and Trade Finance Global (TFG) have published their latest taxonomy of blockchain projects in international…