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Nigerian Regulator Restores WorldRemit, 10 Other Money Transfer Operators
The Central Bank of Nigeria has given new operating licenses to 11 International Money Transfer (IMTOs) service providers, in efforts to open up the market and make foreign exchange readily available to the nation’s low income earners.
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Bank Fight Telcos Over Mobile Money Dominance in Ghana
The Central Bank announced a new set of guidelines for the service about a year ago to improve money transfer via mobile phones. The new regulatory regime among others empowered telecom companies to also own and run the electronic money business like banks.
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Mark Zuckerberg has made a surprise visit to Nairobi to learn about mobile money
On his surprise tour of tech hubs in Africa, Mark Zuckerberg has made a pit stop in Nairobi. Announcing his arrival on Facebook, he described talking with entrepreneurs working out of the tech space, the iHub, and dining on ugali and tilapia with Kenya’s cabinet secretary of information and communications.
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Today’s SpaceX explosion is a major setback for Facebook’s free internet ambitions
This morning, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded on its launch pad, completely destroying the rocket and its payload two days before the scheduled launch. The cause of the explosion is still unknown, but anyone counting on this weekend’s launch to deliver equipment into orbit is now left scrambling for a replacement.
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Interest Payment on Mobile Money Wallets to Begin on Sept. 11 in Ghana
Mobile telecom operators with mobile money service have clinched a deal with their partner banks for them to pay interest on customers’ balances in their wallets.
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Bank of Ghana to Make Mobile Money Platforms Interoperable
The Bank of Ghana has initiated a project to implement a mobile money payment infrastructure that will enable the seamless transfer of funds from one network provider to another (interoperability).
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Mark Zuckerberg is on a surprise visit to Nigeria, Facebook’s largest African market
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, is visiting Nigeria for a few days. Zuckerberg says he’ll be “meeting with developers and entrepreneurs, and learning about the startup ecosystem in Nigeria” during his time in Lagos. In line with this, Zuckerberg’s first notable stop was at Co-Creation Hub (Cc Hub), in Yaba, Lagos’ Silicon Valley-style ground zero for start-ups.
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Mobikwik to Provide Mobile Wallets to Slum Dwellers With NGO Samagra
Payments company Mobikwik is partnering with non-government organisation Samagra to provide ICT-enabled mobile wallets to the urban slum dwellers the NGO works with.
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