Category: Finance

By Leandra Monteiro Today Africa Digital Transformation FinTech Senegal’s tech sector is beginning to grow rapidly. However, the FinTech sector in Senegal is still in its infancy. Things began to change with Wave, a Senegal-based mobile money provider, raising  $200m making it the biggest ever Series A round in Africa. Here are 5 FinTechs in […]

Older folk perusing the  Business Section (Yellow Pages) of a 1970’s copy of a directory of the former Guyana Telecommunication Corpora-tion (GTC) would probably commence reminiscing about businesses of yore. Smiles might accompany their nostalgic recall of visiting entities which  are no longer around, such as Sandbach, Parker & Co. Ltd, T. Geddes Grant Ltd., […]

New Delhi: ESAF Small Finance Bank and electric equipment manufacturer V-Guard Industries signed an agreement to provide financing options to customers looking to install solar rooftop power systems. Under the agreement, ESAF Bank will provide various financing options, including loans and attractive installment payment plans, a statement said. With the strategic alliance with ESAF Bank, […]

Mumbai-headquartered Axis Bank has completed the acquisition of the India consumer business of the Citigroup-owned foreign bank Citibank for Rs 12,325 crore prior to evaluation of the closing position of Citibank India’s assets, assets under management, and liabilities as of January 31, 2023. Post evaluation, the deal is valued at around Rs 11,603 crore. As […]

More than 50 small and medium enterprises that are renting space from the old premises of the Cold Storage Company were put out of business from last week when the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority cut off power at the Bulawayo abattoir following the failure by CSC-Boustead Beef to pay its power bill. The 57 SMEs […]

KT announced on February 28 that it has signed a strategic partnership memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Philippine Internet Service Provider (ISP) Converge ICT Solutions INC (Converge) for DX business development cooperation in the Philippines at MWC 2023 Spain. The signing ceremony was attended by KT CEO Koo Hyun-mo (Back right), KT Global Business Head Moon […]

Online grocery and meal delivery services have become increasingly popular in the US, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, many startups have failed to find a profitable business model for fast grocery delivery, which has become one of the fastest-growing sectors of the wider food technology vertical, which is expected to exceed $340 […]

U.S. Consumer Confidence Declines as Pessimism Takes Hold Jerome Powell finally got some good news today: the American people grew increasingly pessimistic about the economy in February. The Conference Board said its index of consumer confidence decreased to 102.9 from a 106 reading in January. The previous month’s figure was revised down from 107.1. This […]

It should be obvious that buying your own truck is equal to starting your own business. Sure, you’ll be able to make more decisions for yourself, such as what to haul, where to go and when to work. You’ll also be responsible for managing the business and whether it is profitable. And, on top of […]

Breadcrumb Trail Links Politics “Mr. Speaker, in Alberta, we, like every other province, are experiencing a serious challenge in health care capacity” President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance Travis Toews discusses the Alberta 2023 Budget during a press conference in Edmonton, Tuesday Feb. 28, 2023. Photo by David Bloom /Postmedia Article content Below […]