IFC
Funding SMEs

IFC Announces $2bn Investment in African SMEs and Trade to Support Recovery From COVID-19

Targeting sectors hit hard by COVID-19, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced a $2 billion commitment to support smaller

MTN
Mobile Money Partnership Payment

MTN South Africa Sign $2m Partnership With IFC to Expand Mobile Money Business

MTN South Africa has signed a $2 million partnership with the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) to expand its mobile

Mastercard
Business Payment SMEs

Mastercard Launches SME Dining Series Campaign “Start Something Priceless”

Mastercard has announced the launch of its SME Dining Series in support of small businesses in Abuja and Lagos. The

Google
Accelerator Developer Partnership

Google Offers 40,000 African Developers Scholarships, Opens 6th Accelerator Programme

Google is offering scholarships to 40,000 African developers, through the launch of a new partnership with Pluralsight and Andela. It has also announced

Flutterwave
Business Fraud Partnership

Forter and Flutterwave Partner to Tackle Merchant Fraud in African Markets

Forter, the leader in e-commerce fraud prevention, has announced a partnership with Flutterwave that will enable merchants to accurately identify

Mastercard
Report

Mastercard Study Reveals 81% of Nigeria Consumers are Shopping More Online Since the Start of Pandemic

A Mastercard study on consumer spending* has revealed that over four out of five (81%) consumers in Nigeria are shopping

Tugende
Funding Investment Venture Capital

Tugende Secures $3.6M Investment to Help Meet Intense Demand For Productive Asset Finance

Tugende, a technology-enabled asset finance company, in East Africa has closed $3.6M in additional equity financing.  The round was led

MTN Nigeria
MTN Telecom

First Set of MTN Donation of 1.4 Million Doses of Vaccines Received by Nigeria

The Nigerian government has taken delivery of the first set of 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines out of a total of

MTN Telecom

MTN Donates Medical Equipment to 12 Primary Health Centres

MTN Foundation, the social investment vehicle of MTN Nigeria, has donated medical equipment to 12 primary health centres across Nigeria

9mobile
9Mobile Telecom

9mobile Begins Free NIN Enrollment At Experience Centres

9mobile has begun NIN enrollment in select Experience Centres across the country to enable its customers to physically register for