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UK Regulator Recognizes Yielders as First sharia-compliant Fintech

Culled—Proshare April 12, 2017/Fintech Africa A London-based start-up laid claims to being the first shariah-compliant fintech to be given regulatory approval in the UK. Yielders, an equity-based crowdfunding platform for UK property investment, was given the green light by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in early April. The move has […]

African applications extended for Mastercard’s Start Path Global 2017 Class

April 12, 2017/Mastercard Mastercard is calling for applications for its next Start Path Global2017 class, the company’s global initiative to support innovative later-stage startups who are reshaping the future of commerce. The programme is open to startups from Africa and across the world who are rethinking bankingand payments and have […]

Tigo Launches First State-of-the-Art Call Centre in Tanzania

April 12, 2017/Tigo Tigo (www.Tigo.co.tz), Tanzania’s leading Digital Lifestyle company, has announced the opening of a new state of the art Call Centre, the first of its kind in the country. Boasting the latest technology, the Call Centre complete with embedded data security measures to protect customer information and identity, has been […]