Firm Launches New Digital Currency A Nigerian blockchain technology and digital currency firm, eWealthAtlantic, has introduced a new digital currency, called CoinForAll. The firm said in a statement that the currency was primarily designed for consumers of petroleum and natural gas products in Africa and developing...

First Bank, World Remit Collaborate On Digital Money Transfers   First Bank of Nigeria Limited has struck a partnership with WorldRemit to provide digital money transfer service to its customers. The Deputy Managing Director, First Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Gbenga Shobo, described the initiative as a collaboration...

O-Mobile Secures $10m Grant To Drive Digital Economy   O-Mobile Multimedia Limited, a Nigerian firm that specialises in technology based financial and agricultural services development, has secured a grant of $10 million from So.Sui.Ben Foundation, a Swiss-based non-governmental organisation that promotes development in Africa. The grant, which...