Month: August 2024

 Flutterwave (www.Flutterwave.com), a leading payments technology company, has recently been granted a Payment Service Provider license (Enhanced Category) by the Bank of Ghana. The milestone marks a significant expansion of Flutterwave’s operations in Africa, enabling the company to offer a comprehensive suite of payment services directly within, and through Ghana. Ghana presents an exciting market for Flutterwave’s innovative solutions. With a stable democracy, a tech-savvy youth population, and a high mobile […]

 From July 29 to 31, 2024, Yaoundé hosted a pivotal Stakeholders Consultative Workshop aimed at shaping Cameroon’s National Blue Economy Strategy. This crucial event gathered diverse stakeholders to refine and finalize the strategy, focusing on key objectives such as identifying priority issues, addressing challenges, and establishing robust governance and coordination mechanisms. The event was funded by the Kingdom of Norway’s support to AU-IBAR. The workshop opened with remarks from Mr. […]

 The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a loan of $500 million to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, to finance the first phase of the Economic Governance and Energy Transition Support Program (EGET-SP), a new program aimed at accelerating transformation of the country’s electricity infrastructure and improving access to cleaner sources of energy.   The loan will help close the financing gap of the Federal […]