The Jamaica Remittance Market Takes In US$3.5 Billion a Year. Africa Sends Almost None of It.
Jamaicans abroad sent home US$3.49bn last year, and nearly all of it came from North America. A Nairobi company wants...
September 14, 2026Topic
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Nigerian Payments Firm Will Handle Online Orders in a US$1.6 Billion Oil Refinery Share Sale
Flutterwave is an approved digital channel for the Dangote refinery IPO, letting retail and diaspora investors buy shares online from...
September 13, 2026
PalmPay Says KudiWave Address and Account Ownership Unknown in Nigeria
PalmPay says KudiWave's address and account ownership remain unknown as a dispute over about US$565,700 deepens in Nigeria.
September 11, 2026
AfriMoney to Sell SanlamAllianz Insurance in Angola
AfriMoney will offer SanlamAllianz insurance products in Angola, deepening a 27-market African push by the Sanlam-Allianz joint venture.
September 11, 2026
Oxygen X Brings Digital Loans to Nigerian Market Traders
Oxygen X loans go street-level: Access Holdings' digital lender took agents into Lagos' Balogun and Trade Fair markets after US$2.6...
September 11, 2026
A Libyan Bank Is About to Put China’s Payment App in Its Customers’ Hands
Libya Alipay payments are coming: North Africa Bank says customers will soon pay Chinese suppliers by phone, as Libyan banks...
September 8, 2026
Ghana Builds a Committee Before It Builds a Crypto Licence
Ghana virtual assets oversight now runs through a five-agency committee, with the licensing law targeted for full operation only in...
August 28, 2026
MTN Is Growing Fast in Nigeria and Ghana, and Barely at All at Home
MTN half-year results to 30 June 2026: adjusted earnings up 21.3%, Nigeria and Ghana growing fast, and South African service...
August 25, 2026
Egypt Lets You Open a Bank Account Online
Egypt's central bank has issued rules for opening a bank account remotely, without visiting a branch. Here is what the...
August 24, 2026