What’s happened this Week:

• Flutterwave Launches new Digital FX Solution Called “Swap” In Nigeria

• Interswitch partners with Google to launch Google Pay support in Nigeria

• and more!

The Government of Ghana last year announced plans to launch a new national airline Ghana Airlines in 2023.

The airline was expected to launch by June 2023 but so far, there hasn’t been any news and there appears to be some controversy with the deal. An anonymous source said the company responsible had yet to get the required documents and have been trying so for the past six years

In The News This Week:

Flutterwave Launches A Digital FX Solution Called “Swap” In Nigeria

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company has announced the launch of Swap, a partnership with Wema Bank and Kadavra BDC.

Walmart To Increase Online Efforts In South African Market

According to the Wall Street Journal, US retailer Walmart is reportedly increasing its online efforts in South Africa retailer Massmart.

Interswitch Launches Google Pay Support on its Payment Gateway in Nigeria

Interswitch, one of Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce company, has launched support Google Pay on its Interswitch Payment Gateway (IPG) platform.

In the rest of the news:

• TXT Ghana Rebrands to GWO SEVO Technologies Ghana Limited

• Yellow Card and MoonPay Partner to Enhance Crypto Accessibility in Nigeria

• FuturizeU and AstraZeneca Launch Incubator to Nurture Early-Stage Health Startups in Africa

• MTN Nigeria Acquires Additional 2.6GHz Spectrum to Improve Network Capacity and Customer Experience

• Women Represented Only 5.37% Of Experts On Ghana Radio Shows – Report

• Ghana Is Overdue For An Emergency Broadcast System

• Africa Super App ayoba Passes 30 Million Monthly Active Users Milestone

• Mecho Autotech Raises $2.4 Million Pre-Series A

Tech Events In Ghana

We’re putting together events that will be happening later in Ghana this year. You can check them out here:

Africa Ecosystem Funding Activity

• 2 startups named winners of $116k GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize - Disrupt Africa

• Egyptian fintech startup Yalla to expand into Saudi Arabia - Disrupt Africa

New Podcast Show

This week, we debuted a new podcast show called “The Labari Media Podcast”. In our show, we interview personalities in various sectors of tech, media, and entertainment. In our debut episode, we spoke with Carmelle Cadet, CEO of EMTECH. We discussed Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), how they work, why they’re important, and more.

The episode is now available on podcast platforms including:

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