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Visa opens first African data centre in South Africa

Visa Inc. has launched its first-ever data centre in Africa, marking a major investment in the continent’s rapidly growing digital payments sector. Located in Johannesburg, the new facility forms part of a 1 billion rand ($57 million) investment in South Africa over the next three years, company executives announced at the official opening on Wednesday. […]

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23rd July 2025
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Crypto

Tech, Crypto startups challenge Visa, Mastercard’s payment dominance

Tech firms and crypto start-ups are targeting the long-held turf of Visa and Mastercard, using stablecoins — a new form of digital currency — to offer merchants a compelling alternative: lower fees, quicker settlements, and the ability to sidestep traditional payment networks altogether. This marks both a technological and financial challenge. Stablecoins, typically pegged to […]

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1st July 2025
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News

Visa appoints Aminata Kane to head African operations

Global payments giant Visa has announced the appointment of Aminata Kane as Senior Vice President and Head of Western and Central Africa, effective September 4, 2025. Kane, a seasoned executive in digital financial services and telecommunications, will be based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. She will lead Visa’s newly established sub-regional team, overseeing operations across 23 […]

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18th June 2025
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Japa: US Embassy in Nigeria moves to new visa service provider

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced that its operation in its Abuja and Lagos consulates will be handled by a new visa services provider, starting August 26, 2024. The decision was announced on the official website and verified social media pages of the American embassy. In the statement seen by AMBusiness, the US embassy […]

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31st July 2024
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Middle East to launch Schengen-like visa scheme, woos Taylor Swift

Middle East to launch Schengen-like visa scheme to woo Taylor Swift’s tour to the region, Saudi Arabia’s head of tourism, Fahd Hamidaddin said citing the tour’s history of stimulating economies. Speaking at the Arabian Travel Market, Hamidaddin emphasized the need for regional collaboration to attract major events like Swift’s tour. He proposed the concept of […]

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13th May 2024
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Economy

Why Nigeria should be removed from FATF’s grey list – Stakeholders

Stakeholders are requesting that Nigeria be removed from the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force to reduce high transaction costs associated with remittance flows. This was disclosed during the 2024 World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings on Wednesday, in Washington D.C., USA convened at a roundtable organised by the Central Bank of Nigeria aimed at […]

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18th April 2024
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News

UK expands work visa sponsors for Nigerians

The UK updated the list of organizations eligible to sponsor work visas for Nigerians in 2024 on January 12, 2024. These businesses are authorized to sponsor skilled worker relocations using the temporary worker immigration process. The amended list now includes 99,856 companies, an increase of 31,226 from the 68,630 certified in January 2023. Among the […]

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16th January 2024
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News

Open Visa Index ranks top 2023 performers

African Visa Openness Index has ranked Benin, The Gambia, Rwanda, Seychelles, and Nigeria as the top five performers for 2023. Based on the Africa Visa Openness Index, the countries continue to be a representation of transparency and cooperation in the evolving African cooperation scene. Over the course of 2016, the average score of the top […]

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1st January 2024
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Business featured News Tech

Visa to invest $1bn in Africa

Visa Inc has disclosed plans to invest $1 billion in Africa over the next five years to capitalize on the emerging economy’s rapid growth in digital payments. The company announced this on Wednesday at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. President Joe Biden of the United States is hosting dozens of African leaders for the three-day event, […]

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14th December 2022
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Business

55 African businesses to receive VISA grant

Visa in collaboration with Standard Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission will be giving grants to women fund managers in South, East and West Africa. According to Nairametrics, the grant to be given to the African Women Impact Fund will target 55 women who responded to the African Women Impact Fund’s call to action […]

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24th August 2022
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Visa opens first African data centre in South Africa

Tech, Crypto startups challenge Visa, Mastercard’s payment dominance

Visa appoints Aminata Kane to head African operations

Japa: US Embassy in Nigeria moves to new visa service provider

Middle East to launch Schengen-like visa scheme, woos Taylor Swift

Why Nigeria should be removed from FATF’s grey list – Stakeholders

UK expands work visa sponsors for Nigerians

Open Visa Index ranks top 2023 performers

Visa to invest $1bn in Africa

55 African businesses to receive VISA grant

Canada visa wait-time rises for Nigerian applicants —.

Firms, households expect inflation pressures to ease further.

Trump signs new executive order banning birth tourism

Seplat, Aradel, Oando post ₦7.05trn revenue amid US-Iran.

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