TerraPay, a payments infrastructure company, and Visa have partnered to develop and deliver payment solutions to drive financial inclusion and cashless transactions for domestic payments and global remittances
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Facebook supports African SMBs, launches digital gift card initiative
Facebook has announced that it will offer all its economic impact programmes virtually as the platform aims to equip small businesses with digital marketing skills to help them stay open, connect with and acquire new customers to survive the challenges posed by Coronavirus
Routed appointed as Africa’s first global DRaaS provider
Routed, a local vendor neutral cloud infrastructure provider, has been listed as one of ten global providers of VMware’s Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)
World Bank approves US$500mn to support Morocco’s financial and digital inclusion reforms
The World Bank Board has approved a US$500mn financial and digital inclusion development policy financing (DPF) programme, which will support major policy reforms to promote an enabling environment for digital transformation
Suguba announces Afrikhaliss to support promising startups in digital sector
Suguba, in partnership Mercy Corps and the French Development Agency (AFD) and Mercy Corps, is organising their second six-month investment readiness programme in West Africa to support the eight most promising startups in the digital sector in Francophone West Africa