Africa has seen a rise in technology with tech startups springing up in different parts of the continent with unique innovations. The growth of the African tech space has been promising and
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Access Holdings, the parent company of Access Bank, has announced it will no longer go ahead with the acquisition of Sidian Bank Limited from Kenyan-based Centum Investment Plc. The Nigerian creditor had
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Shelter Afrique is partnering the African Development Bank, AfDB, to develop a Sovereign Lending product and supplement its traditional products in housing value chain. The pan-African housing development financier, in a statement
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The Chinese government has requested for N4.71 billion (Sh1.312 billion) penalty fee from Kenya, after the government failed to service the loan it obtained to build the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Kenya
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Start Network, innovators in humanitarian financing and rapid response to crisis efforts in five continents, released £300,000 support in August 2022 prior to predicted post-election tensions in Kenya. This anticipatory response is
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About 22 accounts belonging to Nigerian financial technology (Fintech) company, Flutterwave, has been blocked from transferring or withdrawing by Kenyan court, amid investigation by authorities in the country. Kenya’s Assets Recovery Agency
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The issue of colonial-era land grabs has taken a new dimension in Kenya as a group dragged the UK government before the European Court of Human Rights, accusing it of major crimes
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Thirty-nine-year-old Kenyan, Erastus Kariuki has been sentenced to a period of forty five years, for defiling a toddler in a church in Zimmerman neighborhood in Nairobi. Kariuki who committed the offence on
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The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $235.6 million loan disbursement to Kenya. It is understood that the loan is the third installment for Kenya under
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Nigerian startup, Flutterwave, has denied allegation that the company is involved in money laundering after Kenyan authority, Asset Recovery Agency (ARA), closed 52 accounts belonging to the firm to aid their investigation. ARA
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