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Tahmeed on-line reserving course of 2024

Tahmeed on-line reserving course of 2024

Tahmeed bus company is one of the transport companies in Kenya that provides a convenient and secure online booking system for travellers. Whether you’re planning a weekend getaway or a business trip, booking your ticket…

Blow for Kenya as US biotech Moderna suspends plans to construct vaccine plant

Blow for Kenya as US biotech Moderna suspends plans to construct vaccine plant

Moderna, the US biotech company that makes vaccines, has suspended plans to set up a $200 million mRNA vaccine plant in Kenya despite promises by the government to give it incentives, including tax breaks.  The…

Airtel Africa cuts debt, lowers prices via share buyback from Citigroup

Airtel Africa cuts debt, lowers prices via share buyback from Citigroup

Airtel Africa has bought back 8.6 million ordinary shares from Citigroup Global Markets Limited as part of a share buyback plan that began in February 2024.  The second largest mobile network operator in Nigeria said…

South African used-car platform WeBuyCars units sight on $420m valuation with JSE Itemizing

South African used-car platform WeBuyCars units sight on $420m valuation with JSE Itemizing

WeBuyCars, a South African used-car platform, will target a R7.8 billion (~$420 million) raise when its shares begin trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Thursday. The company has issued 417,181,120 shares at a…

2024 JAMB examination slip is prepared for print or reprint

2024 JAMB examination slip is prepared for print or reprint

The JAMB examination slip for candidates who completed the recent JAMB registration and are looking to sit for the 2024 edition of the UTME exams is now available for printing and re-printing. This is predicated…

Who calls the photographs at Susa Ventures-backed Okra?

Who calls the photographs at Susa Ventures-backed Okra?

Okra, an open finance startup, is one of the few Nigerian API services that provides real-time access to financial data. The startup has raised a total of $16.5 million in venture capital in total from…

Financial institution of Uganda will increase rates of interest to curb inflation as shilling falls

Financial institution of Uganda will increase rates of interest to curb inflation as shilling falls

The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has increased its interest rates for the second straight month from 10% to 10.25%—the highest point in nearly seven years—as the East African country seeks to curb inflation and arrest…

Binance government pleads not responsible to cash laundering prices, to be remanded in jail

Binance government pleads not responsible to cash laundering prices, to be remanded in jail

Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance executive detained since February, pleaded not guilty to money laundering allegations brought against him by Nigerian authorities, as the crypto exchange battles a regulatory clampdown in the West African nation. Nigeria’s…

First Financial institution Holdings to lift ₦300bn capital amid CBN’s banking reforms

First Financial institution Holdings to lift ₦300bn capital amid CBN’s banking reforms

First Bank Holdings will raise additional capital of ₦300 billion ($231 million) at a shareholders meeting scheduled later this month, as banks scramble to meet the Central Bank of Nigeria’s plans for a recapitalisation drive. …

On-line funds will resume in Zimbabwe after April 12 as banks regulate to new foreign money

On-line funds will resume in Zimbabwe after April 12 as banks regulate to new foreign money

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe will resume online payments after April 12 as banks and other payment system providers make “satisfactory progress” in converting customer balances to the country’s new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). …

Subsequent Wave: African information safety legal guidelines want extra oomph to match GDPR

Subsequent Wave: African information safety legal guidelines want extra oomph to match GDPR

First published 07 April, 2024 African nations’ data protection laws are, to some extent, weaker compared to Europe’s. This is because the European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets a high standard for…

Nigeria leads in musical hits; South Africa rakes in streaming money

Nigeria leads in musical hits; South Africa rakes in streaming money

Before she bought her first iPhone, Deborah Obishai, who works as a secretary, used to download music from bootleg sites like Trendy Beatz and Flexy Music. One of her biggest disappointments when she made the…