Airtel Africa

Nigeria’s 5G Race Heats Up as Airtel Acquires New License
Nigeria’s 5G Race Heats Up as Airtel Acquires New License
January 12, 2023  |  emea

Airtel Africa has acquired 5G spectrum capacity in Nigeria, one of the region’s largest economies. The news, announced by the company this week, means that...

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Mobile Money-Telecom Decoupling to Bolster Interoperability, Benefit Africa’s PSPs
Mobile Money-Telecom Decoupling to Bolster Interoperability, Benefit Africa’s PSPs
October 24, 2022  |  Mobile Wallets

As part of the ongoing separation of Airtel Africa’s mobile money business from the parent telecommunications company, Airtel Kenya’s division has become the latest to...

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Airtel Africa Launches Smartcash Payment Service Bank
Airtel Africa Launches Smartcash Payment Service Bank
July 01, 2022  |  Banking

Airtel Africa, a multinational company that provides telecommunications and mobile money services in 14 countries in Africa, primarily in East, Central and West Africa, officially...

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EMEA Daily: Airtel Africa Launches SmartCash Payment Service Bank; Mollie and xentral Announce Collaboration
EMEA Daily: Airtel Africa Launches SmartCash Payment Service Bank; Mollie and xentral Announce Collaboration
July 01, 2022  |  emea

In today’s EMEA daily news, Airtel Africa unveils SmartCash Payment Service Bank, its newest subsidiary. GoCardless announces its acquisition of Nordigen and the expansion of...

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Today in FinTech: Airtel Africa’s SmartCash Launches; OPay, Mastercard Team for Financial Inclusion
Today in FinTech: Airtel Africa’s SmartCash Launches; OPay, Mastercard Team for Financial Inclusion
May 19, 2022  |  Technology

In today’s FinTech news, SmartCash Payment Service Bank, a unit of Airtel Africa, brings digital financial services to Nigeria, while OPay and Mastercard partner to...

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EMEA Daily: Mastercard, OPay, Team up in Middle East
EMEA Daily: Mastercard, OPay, Team up in Middle East
May 19, 2022  |  International

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, Mastercard joins forces with mobile payments firm OPay to promote financial inclusion in Africa and the...

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Airtel Africa’s Smartcash PSB Launches in Select Nigerian Cities
Airtel Africa’s Smartcash PSB Launches in Select Nigerian Cities
May 19, 2022  |  Banking

Airtel Africa’s subsidiary, SmartCash Payment Service Bank (SmartCash PSB), is bringing its digital financial services to select cities in Nigeria to further reach unbanked consumers...

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EMEA Daily: CMA Fines Meta $2M for Violating Initial Enforcement Order; Europe Continues Regulatory Spree with European Chips Act 
EMEA Daily: CMA Fines Meta $2M for Violating Initial Enforcement Order; Europe Continues Regulatory Spree...
February 04, 2022  |  International

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, the U.K.’s competition regulator has fined Meta $2 million for failing to reveal staff departures,...

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Airtel Africa Has Nigeria to Thank for Strong Double-Digit Growth in Q3 2021
Airtel Africa Has Nigeria to Thank for Strong Double-Digit Growth in Q3 2021
February 04, 2022  |  Earnings

In a Friday (Feb. 4) statement, Airtel Africa, a subsidiary of Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel, showed strong double-digit growth across all key metrics in...

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