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Fintech industry players in Ghana have observed this year’s International Day of Family Remittance with a forum to discuss how to use fintech to drive the country’s economic growth, post-COVID.

The day is set aside to recognise the contribution of over 200 million migrant workers to improve the lives of their 800 million family members back home, and to create a future of hope for their children.

Held on the theme: “Recovery and Resilience Through Digital and Financial Inclusion”, the forum was attended by government officials including the Minister of Communication and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and the Western Regional Minister, Darko Mensah, Representatives from United Nation and local fintech companies.

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Flutterwave, the biggest Africa-focused fintech firm, is preparing for an initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange even as it deals with regulatory hurdles in its key markets, particularly Kenya.

The San Francisco- and Lagos-based company will use the funds to expand operations in its existing markets and enter new ones in Africa, according to chief financial officer Oneal Bhambani, who along with three others joined the company in June from American Express…

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MTN Ghana is giving local developers, start-ups, and businesses an opportunity to explore and develop micro apps that can be hosted on the Ayoba platform through the launch of the Ayoba Hackathon 2021.

The Ayoba Hackathon forms part of the initiatives MTN is undertaking to drive its digital agenda where participants will get the opportunity to better place themselves as they take on the digital future that is now at hand.

Speaking at the launch at the MTN House in Accra, the Chief Marketing Officer at MTN, Noel Kojo Ganson noted that as part of MTN’s Ambition 2025, the business is ably positioning itself to be a digital company and events such as the Ayoba Hackathon will help to set the tone for the total transformation of the business.

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