Online distributor of African movies, Iroko Partners, has received US$2 million funding from a Swedish firm, which it has said it will use to take its service to cable and satellite TV partners in the US and Europe
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Ecobank wins ‘best bank in Africa’ Euromoney award
Pan-African bank, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, has been named the ‘best bank in Africa’ by international finance magazine, Euromoney, for the second consecutive year
Sudan puts economic hopes in US$1 billion sugar factory
Sudan has opened its long-awaited US$1 billion White Nile Sugar factory, which is expected to lift the country out of its current economic decline
Nigerian bank goes live on the Web
Diamond Bank Plc has introduced an Internet banking service, DiamondOnline, on the BankWorld internet platform, which has been developed by CR2, a provider of multichannel banking software solutions
AfrAsia Kingdom Zimbabwe upgrades banking system
AfrAsia Kingdom Zimbabwe has launched the implementation of a system that will upgrade the group’s core banking to Globus R10