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Africa: Digital transformation in banking industry well underway — report

Banking access across Africa has increased in 2022, with 48% of the population having access to banking services, compared to 45% in 2017, according to the latest edition of the African Digital Banking Transformation Report, that attributes the growth to the popularity of mobile money and digital banking. Overall, the new survey paints a picture […]

Egypt: Debt payment delayed, Gulf oil grants over, Minister Ismail

Oil Minister Sherif Ismail has announced that the payment of Egypt’s debt to foreign oil companies will be delayed by six months thereby pushing the deadline to the end of next year after Egypt had promised to repay all its debt by mid-2016. He also said there will no longer be oil grants from the […]

Libya: North African countries await their Sept. 11

There are suspicions that Fajr Libya (Dawn of Libya), a coalition of Islamic fighters, is planning to carry out a terrorist attack using airplanes at the Tripoli International Airport. North African countries including Nigeria have all raised their alert because of fears that the 11 missing commercial aircrafts could be used to launch an attack. […]