Tuesday, May 26

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Vivo Energy Ghana drives sustainability education with McKingtorch Africa 
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Vivo Energy Ghana drives sustainability education with McKingtorch Africa 

As part of its Green4Clean Schools Renewable Energy Project, Vivo Energy Ghana, the Shell licensee, in partnership with McKingtorch Africa, a social enterprise focused on environment and climate change with unique innovations from plastic waste, and the United Way Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, have facilitated an educational tour for pupils of La Enobal Basic School at the McKingtorch Africa Recycling facility.   The initiative aimed at sparking early interest in environmental sustainability and demonstrating how innovative solutions like plastic waste recycling plastic can create useful products while preserving the environment.  The pupils, accompanied by their teachers and representatives from Vivo Energy Ghana, were taken through a guided tour of the facility to ob...
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Mobile Network Operators Begin Rollout of Improved Data Bundle Allocations Across Ghana
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Mobile Network Operators Begin Rollout of Improved Data Bundle Allocations Across Ghana

Mobile users in Ghana can expect better value for their money as Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) begin implementing improved data bundle allocations, following a recent policy directive from the Ministry of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations. In a statement issued today by the National Communications Authority (NCA), two of the major operators, AT and Telecel, have already successfully rolled out the revised data bundles, in line with the government’s call for more consumer-friendly pricing and increased data volume allocations. MTN Ghana, the country’s largest network, has also begun work to comply with the directive but has experienced technical issues that temporarily delayed the rollout. According to the NCA, MTN’s updated data bundles are expected to go live by mi...
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Jadwa leads a USD 50 million investment round in PetroApp
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Jadwa leads a USD 50 million investment round in PetroApp

Jadwa Investment, a leading investment management and advisory firm in the Middle East, today announced it has led a USD 50 million investment round in PetroApp, Saudi Arabia’s leading fuel management platform, through its flagship blind-pool vehicle, Jadwa GCC Diversified Private Equity Fund. Bunat Ventures, a regional venture capital firm, also participated in the round. Founded in 2018, PetroApp is Saudi Arabia’s first independent provider of digital fuel payment and fleet management solutions. It is transforming vehicle operations by eliminating cash transactions, reducing fraud, and improving cost control for corporate and government fleets. Beyond fuel, PetroApp also enables access to ancillary services—such as car washes...
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Flutterwave Named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies List for Second Time, Highlighting Global Payments Influence
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Flutterwave Named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies List for Second Time, Highlighting Global Payments Influence

Africa’s leading payments technology company returns to this global list after its 2021 debut. SAN FRANSCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE/AETOSWire)-- Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payment technology company, has been named among the TIME100 Most Influential Companies List of 2025. This marks the second time the company has received this prestigious global honor. Flutterwave joins global leaders such as Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, Netflix, OpenAI, Universal Music Group, and others in the list’s TITANS category. TIME reveals the fifth-annual TIME100 Most Influential Companies list, highlighting companies making an extraordinary impact around the world today. To assemble the list, TIME solicited nominations across sectors, and polled its global network of co...
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Trident and Democratic Republic of Congo Sign Final Digital Identity Partnership and Launch Nationwide “DRCPass” Deployment
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Trident and Democratic Republic of Congo Sign Final Digital Identity Partnership and Launch Nationwide “DRCPass” Deployment

Trident Digital Tech Holdings Ltd. (“Trident” or the “Company,” NASDAQ: TDTH), a Singapore-based catalyst for digital transformation and Web 3.0 activation, today announced that it has signed the definitive public-private partnership (PPP) agreement with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC” or “Republic”). The contract paves the way for nationwide deployment of “DRCPass,” the Republic’s robust national digital identification system, to be rolled out in phases with an accompanying public-education campaign. The agreement represents the capstone of the collaboration framework established in December 2024 between Trident and the Office of the President, forming the cornerstone of the DRC’s e-government and digital-identity initiative. Under the accord, Trident is the R...
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I&M Bank Partners with ThetaRay to Deploy Full Cognitive AI Financial Crime Compliance Platform Across East Africa
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I&M Bank Partners with ThetaRay to Deploy Full Cognitive AI Financial Crime Compliance Platform Across East Africa

ThetaRay , a global leader in Cognitive AI financial crime compliance, today announced a landmark partnership with I&M Group PLC, a leading Regional Financial Services Group in Africa. The partnership will see the deployment of ThetaRay’s advanced AML (Anti-Money Laundering) platform across I&M Group’s operations in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and Mauritius. This implementation spans the entire compliance lifecycle, from onboarding and sanctions screening to dynamic customer risk assessment, transaction monitoring, alerting, investigations, and regulatory reporting. Consolidating multiple processes into a single unified system will allow I&M Group to move beyond fragmented and manual compliance operations, to a centralized, AI-powered framework capable of scaling acros...
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Bolt Celebrates Ghana’s Everyday Hustlers with ₵5,000 Ride Giveaway
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Bolt Celebrates Ghana’s Everyday Hustlers with ₵5,000 Ride Giveaway

Bolt, leading ride-hailing platform in Ghana, has launched a new social campaign, #MakingMovesWithBolt, aimed at spotlighting the everyday hustle of Ghanaians who rely on mobility to power their lives and livelihoods. From freelance creatives and small business owners to gig workers and students, the campaign invites passengers to share how they move through their day, for a chance to win ₵5,000 in Bolt rides. The initiative highlights the reality that modern life, especially in Ghana’s urban centres, is shaped by constant motion, people navigating work, ambition, and opportunity, often across multiple roles and jobs. “We see people using Bolt not just as a convenience, but as a tool for getting things done,” said Ms.Adega Murbe, Regional Marketing Manager, Africa. “This campaign ...
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FHU to explore AI Technologies in Medical Education  
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FHU to explore AI Technologies in Medical Education  

The Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), has paid an informal visit to Family Health University (FHU), to observe the institution’s progress since receiving its Presidential Charter.   The visit was hosted by FHU’s Founder and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Enyonam Yao Kwawukume, and Dr. Susu Bridget Kwawukume, Founder and Chief Medical Director of Family Health Hospital.    They welcomed the GTEC Director-General, with gratitude, highlighting how meaningful the visit was to the institution. and expressed their appreciation for GTEC’s unwavering support over the years.   Senior Members present at the meeting included the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Philip Odonkor, the Registrar, Mrs. Rita Kaine, the Dean of the medical Sc...
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Onafriq Partners with PAPSS to Launch Cross-Border Payment Services in Ghana 
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Onafriq Partners with PAPSS to Launch Cross-Border Payment Services in Ghana 

Onafriq, in collaboration with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS), announced the launch of a new cross-border payment service that will initially pilot outbound transactions in Ghana. This launch operationalises the partnership established in 2022, aimed at promoting intra-African cross-border trade and enhancing financial inclusion. The service improves financial interoperability by making transactions faster, more convenient, and cost-effective for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and individuals. Effective immediately, banks partnering with PAPSS and Onafriq’s authorised fintech, mobile money service providers and traditional partners in Ghana can enable their customers to send and receive money directly into mobile wallets and bank accounts. This pioneeri...
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Yellow Card Partners with Visa to Accelerate Stablecoin Adoption Across Emerging Economies
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Yellow Card Partners with Visa to Accelerate Stablecoin Adoption Across Emerging Economies

Yellow Card, the leading licensed stablecoin payments orchestrator for Africa and the emerging world, announced a partnership with Visa (NYSE: V), a global leader in digital payments, to help drive the next phase of innovation in cross-border payments and financial infrastructure across emerging markets where Yellow Card is licensed to operate. Through this partnership, Visa and Yellow Card will collaborate to explore stablecoin use cases and opportunities to help streamline treasury operations, enhance liquidity management, and enable faster, more cost-effective money movement across borders. “Traditional payment companies continue to question not ‘if’ they need a stablecoin strategy, but how quickly they can deploy one,” said Chris Maurice, Co-Founder and CEO of Yellow Card. “We ar...
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