According to Turaco, the fund will be used to fund the drive growth in its current locations of Kenya and Uganda and facilitate expansion into a third market by next year.
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A new report called e-Conomy Africa 2020, released in South Africa by Google and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), estimates that Africa’s Internet economy has the…
The decision follows a careful evaluation of the impact and evolution of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the attendant risk of a possible second wave, and its associated effects on global travel, investments, as well as social distancing rules.
According to Ogundeyi, “We want to bank every African on the planet, wherever you are in the world.” It’s starting first in its home market: since launching in September 2019, it has picked up around 300,000 customers, first consumers and now also small businesses, and on average processes over $500 million of transactions each month.
At least 44,471 people have died from the virus across the continent, while nearly 1.5 million more have recovered, according to the data from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa says there are over 43,000 COVID-19 deaths on the African continent. The UN health agency gave the…
Marriott International has appointed Satya Anand the President of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), a division within Marriott International that encompasses over 75 countries and…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Friday urged the African continent to brace itself for possible second wave COVID-19 infections. According…
Tanzania’s former Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology Development, Godfrey Gandawa, said African countries should consider devolution of security and prosecutorial…
The African Union (AU) has expressed concern over growing threat to peace and security in Africa posed by terrorism, radicalisation, violent extremism, as well as influx…