MTN Group, the South African mobile telephony giant, says it closed a broadband deal with Liquid Telecom to offer access to the largest fixed and wireless footprint on the African communications landscape including Nigeria. The partnership spreads across wholesale, carrier-to-carrier, high speed broadband, enterprise and fixed data services offerings of the two companies. Under the […]
Mastercard affiliate, HomeSend and Azimo enters Nigerian mobile money sector
HomeSend, a joint venture created by MasterCard, eServGlobal and BICS and Azimo, a London-based online money transfer service, have announced the launch of new mobile wallet services in Nigeria. The partner companies to the new mobile money service say it will extend to nine other countries in Africa and Asia-Pacific under an ambitious plan to […]
Transfast: Payment service lets Nigerians send money from U.S., Canada
Nigerians in US and Canada can now transfer money to local bank account of recipients with the expansion of a cross-border payment service, Transfast, the promoter of the service says. Provider of online, cross-border p2p payments solutions Transfast announced that Nigeria is now part of its expanded proprietary bank networks covering 23 African nations. Tranfast’s […]
Another tech startup makes Demo Africa 2015 lineup
RoadRules is winner of the pre-pitching event of DEMO Africa 2015 and has secured the third slot as technology startup to expect at the key tech meet coming up in Lagos, Nigeria. Two teams, Flippy Campus from Ghana and Shied Finance from Kenya already slots on DEMO Africa event. RoadRules, a provisional driver’s license test app, […]
