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- Somalia issues first mobile money license to telecom firm
- KENYA: Transactions by mobile money agents rise 59%
- NIGERIA: CBN, SEC anchor cryptocurrency ban on financial system protection
- Rwanda: Mobile Payment Transactions Grow By 206%
- Ghana: Regulating Crowdfunding - BoG Releases Policy
- NIGERIA: CIBN, NIBSS Introduce e-Payment Certification Programmes
- KENYA: MPs review Bill seeking M-Pesa, Safaricom split
- Ecobank Group signs Remittance partnership with Small World Financial Services
- NIGERIA: IMF backs CBN on Cryptocurrency ban
- NIGERIA: FG Urged to Tackle Poverty through Financial Inclusion
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