Our guest on today’s podcast is Ray Youssef, CEO, NoOnes. We discuss Nigeria’s recent clampdown on Binance and crypto and what happened with his last company, Paxful. But before that, we highlight a few stories from this week. BuuPass acquires QuickBus CBN stops Moniepoint, Kuda, OPay from opening new accounts MTN Nigeria records first loss since 2021 IPO Link …
Continue Reading🎙 Zimbabwe’s new gold-backed currency came into general circulation. 🎙Unlocking Growth: African Capital Markets in Focus with Eugene Tawiah. 🎙 Coca-Cola Eyes IPO for African Bottling Business. 🎙Twiga Foods Appoints New CEO After Founder’s Resignation. Read More Good Morning Africa
Continue Reading🎙 British consumer goods company PZ Cussons may sell its Africa operations. 🎙 Nigeria’s Economic Reforms: Insights from CBN Governor. 🎙 Global Upstream M&A Deals Set to Surge in 2024. 🎙Kuda, Moniepoint, OPay, and Palmpay Halt New Account Openings Amidst CBN Directive. 🎙 Kubik, a plastic upcycling startup, has raised a $1.9 million seed extension, months after announcing initial equity …
Continue Reading🎙 National Planning Around Scarce resources. 🎙 The JSE index extended early gains to close about 1.4% up at 75,371 on Friday, a leven not seen since mid-April, mirroring global peers. 🎙 Kenya’s Competition Authority reports online food and grocery delivery platforms raked in $103 million last year, with an expected annual growth rate of over 19%. 🎙A firm associated …
Continue Reading🎙 Meet the CEO: Meet Aéko Ongodia Founder & CEO of XENO. 🎙 Nigerian banks are rushing to meet new capital requirements set by the central bank, potentially sparking the largest mergers and acquisitions wave in the sector in two decades. 🎙 Flutterwave, Africa’s leading digital payments firm, undergoes corporate team restructuring in preparation for an IPO, says CEO. Read …
Continue ReadingOur guest on today’s podcast is Rosemond Phil-Othihiwa, Corporate and Startup Lawyer. She joins us as we discuss: The Thepeer audit South Africa’s approved crypto asset providers Nigeria’s first LLM Link to Insight of the Week: https://intelpoint.co/insights/only-once-have-nigerian-fintech-startups-raised-more-than-1-billion-in-a-single-year/ Subscribe to The Modern Workplace/, Equity Merchants/, Techpoint Digest/ and Intelpoint’s newsletter/ Timestamps 00:00 – Intro 00:22 – The Thepeer audit 22:21 – South Africa’s approved crypto …
Continue Reading🎙 African countries will pay $74-billion in debt service payments this year. 🎙Uganda’s investment culture is changing. XENO Uganda’s CEO, Aéko Ongodia, shares insights on acquiring over 100,000 clients and managing billions in investment capital in an emerging market. 🎙 The Kenya Shilling appreciation against the US Dollar appears to have finally hit the floor and could be in reverse …
Continue Reading🎙 M-Kopa to inject over $10 million to boost uptake of electric motorcycles. 🎙How can Uganda’s fourth National Development Plan be aligned with opportunities under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area during the planning phase? 🎙 The JSE index was up for the fourth consecutive session on Tuesday, trading above the 74,000 level, tracking most of its global peers. 🎙 …
Continue Reading🎙 IMF forecasts predict that Nigeria, once dubbed Africa’s largest economy, is set to relinquish its crown and slide to fourth place this year. 🎙 UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned of a possible further growth deceleration in 2024, citing falling investments and subdued global trade dynamics. 🎙 A just energy transition in Uganda. Read More Good Morning Africa
Continue Reading🎙 Meet the CEO: Kazeem Tewogbade and Olumide Soyombo founders of The Bluechip Technologies Limited 🎙The JSE All Share index remained stable near the 73,000 level on Thursday, hovering close to one-month lows, amid varied quarterly company reports worldwide. 🎙 The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group are partnering to provide at least 300-million people in …
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