The National Council for Women (NCW), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has announced awarding the Gender Seal Award in the public sector to the Egyptian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA)
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Paxful and Bitmart form JV to help Africa’s unbanked population
Paxful, a peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace, has announced integration onto BitMart, global digital asset trading platform in the cryptocurrency market, aiming to increase liquidity and scalability
Innovation crucial to create jobs in Africa, says Songwe
Africa needs to innovate in order to create sufficient jobs for its growing youthful population, according to Vera Songwe, executive secretary of Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Experts review guidelines for national AfCFTA implementation plans
Experts from the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA), African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) met in Libreville, Gabon to review the guidelines for preparing national AfCFTA implementation strategies
Standard Bank builds international payments blockchain
Standard Bank’s hyperledger fabric-hosted foreign exchange payments and settlement system is expected to go live in the first half of 2019, aiming to significantly increase the international trades and speed up foreign exchange payments, according to Richard de Roos, head of foreign exchange for Standard Bank Group