Tag: Digital Finance
Airtel Africa mobile money unit gets $200M boost
Airtel Africa has unveiled plans to sell a stake of its mobile money business to investment company TPG for $200 million, advancing a broader...
MTN MoMo customers to present ID Cards for all Cash-out transactions
MTN MoMo has announced that effective 2nd April 2021, all MoMo customers will be required to present valid ID cards before any MoMo cash-out...
Patience Akyianu joins Hubtel as Non-Executive Director
Award-winning banking, finance and insurance executive, Patience Akyianu has joined Hubtel as a Non-Executive Director.
Hubtel is one of Africa’s fast evolving fintech-shopitality platforms, and...
Digital wallets named among 15 world changers in 2021
Digital wallets like Mobile Money had been named as one of the top 15 disruptive innovations that will change the world in 2021.
This...
New technologies, money transfer tipped to drive financial inclusion in Africa
The Vice President and General Manager, Xoom, a PayPal service, Julian King says emerging technologies combined with mobile financial platforms like PayPal and Xoom...
Zeepay poised to become 2nd largest MoMo operator next year
Chief Executive Officer of Zeepay, Andrew Takyi-Appiah has sworn to make the company the second largest mobile money operator in Ghana by the close...
Ghana becoming most digitized economy in Africa – Bawumia
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the investments the Akufo-Addo government has made in its digitization efforts have put Ghana on the path...
MTN Group deepens financial inclusion during COVID-19
Driven to secure financial inclusion across its markets, MTNÂ Group continues to grow the number of MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) users on its network, a...
Ghana’s Naa Sika digital micro savings platform wins World Bank Award
The World Bank Group announced today the winners of the Mission Billion Challenge “WURI West Africa Prize", and Ghana's Naa Sika digital micro-savings platform...
Bitcoin price tops $13K following PayPal’s entrance into crypto
News of PayPal’s support for crypto assets has triggered a rally in the markets, with Bitcoin trading above $13,000 for the first time since...