Standard Bank Malawi plc has been named the Best Bank in Malawi at the 2026 Euromoney Awards for Excellence, while Standard Bank Group operations secured 17 awards across 12 African countries. The recognition highlights the group’s performance, financial services innovation and focus on delivering solutions tailored to customers’ evolving financial needs. Standard Bank Malawi Chief…
Malawi could unlock MWK 1.1 trillion in additional economic value and create 490,000 jobs by 2030 by addressing barriers to mobile internet adoption, according to a new GSMA report titled “Driving Digital Transformation of the Economy in Malawi: Opportunities, Policy Recommendations and the Role of Mobile.” Unveiled during the GSMA Digital Africa Summit, the report…
Nigeria has moved to strengthen the implementation of its National Sovereign Cloud Initiative with the inauguration of the Joint Technical Committee on the National Sovereign Cloud Initiative (JTC-NSCI) by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Budget Office of the Federation (BOF). The committee, chaired by BOF Director-General Tanimu Yakubu with NITDA Director-General…
Orange Sierra Leone and Orange Money SL have joined government institutions, regulators and industry stakeholders in validating Sierra Leone’s National Roadmap to Combat Mobile and Digital Fraud. The two-day consultative workshop, held from 18 to 19 August 2026, brought together telecommunications operators, mobile money providers, government agencies, civil society organisations and private-sector representatives to strengthen…
Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has called on the Nigerian Army to strengthen its use of data and artificial intelligence (AI) as strategic tools for intelligence, decision-making and operational effectiveness. NITDA Director-General Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi made the call during the Nigerian Army’s 4th Data Management and Record Keeping Seminar 2026, themed “From Data…
RSwitch has taken its digital financial inclusion campaign, #TwagiyeKashiresi, directly to communities in Kigali, engaging residents and businesses in Nyabugogo and Gisozi Agakiriro. The two-day outreach focused on helping people understand and adopt digital financial services through demonstrations, question-and-answer sessions and on-the-spot opening of merchant and personal accounts. The campaign promotes the use of eKash,…
