The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is collaborating with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) and Ant Financial (Ant) to promote digital financial inclusion in Africa, through investment and technical capacity building
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Mobile app Paylater reaches one million downloads
Paylater, the mobile app which provides access to credit to its customers, has announced to reach one million downloads on Google Play Store
Liquid Telecom delivers first Microsoft ExpressRoute within Africa
Liquid Telecom has delivered the first Microsoft ExpressRoute service peering in Africa – providing better performance, tighter security and lower latency to the customers
Freshworks secures US$100mn investment
Freshworks, a global leader in customer engagement software, has secured US$100mn in financing and has hired former AppDynamics vice-president of finance and treasury Suresh Seshadri as its new chief financial officer
Fidelity Bank and WorldRemit to speed up instant money transfers to Nigeria
Leading digital money transfer service WorldRemit has joined forces with Fidelity Bank, one of Nigeria’s top financial services providers, for instant money transfers to four million Fidelity Bank accounts in Nigeria