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MainOne has announced it is launching its submarine cable in Côte d'Ivoire. Noted as the first commercial cable system to deploy spectrum sharing capabilities, the project will provide the capacity to deepen infrastructure sharing and reduce the cost of providing broadband services to the region. The network promises optimum running time and...

A cryptocurrency could soon be introduced by Ghana's Central Bank – e-cedi. Talking this week at the Bank of Ghana's annual banking conference, Ernest Addison has said that the bank is in talks to explore the digital currency's future. The digital age offers huge potential to reorient the financial sector to respond to new...

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The Nigerian-based fin-tech firm OPay raised a group of Chinese investors ' $120 million Series B funding. Existing investors such as Meituan-Dianping, Source Code Capital, IDG Capital, Sequoia China and GSR Ventures, which financed in July a $50 million raise, participated in the round, it also welcomed Japan’s Softbank Asia, BAI, Redpoint and GaoRong into the series.

Okash has provided approximately 5 million loans in Kenya, India and Nigeria in the last three months from July to September 2019, valued at $250 million. The quick loan network has tripled revenue to $39.9 million dollars during the same period. Backed by Opera, the software maker based in Norway, it uses credit scores and...

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