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Yunus IbrahimFebruary 17, 2022
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Flutterwave Valuation Up 200%, Hits $3 Billion; Becomes Largest African Startup

Flutterwave, an African fintech startup, raised $250 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s valuation to over $3 billion…
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Tech

Abiola GbemiSeptember 14, 2021

Afrifursa 2021 Summit to Strengthen African-Canadian Fintechs’

The Afrifursa Fintech Summit, which is scheduled to hold virtually on Tuesday, 22nd November 2021. The event aims to provide…
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People & Money

Damilare FamuyiwaMay 30, 2021

NEPC Targets $30 Billion Non-Oil Exports By 2025

“Mr. Segun Awolowo commented that the problem is “we are not earning foreign exchange” from the diversification of the Nigerian…
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People & Money

ContributorMay 28, 2021

A seismic fundamental shift is underway in Nigeria’s digital banking sector

In Nigeria, cash has remained king and financial services have remained stagnant despite decades of efforts to do away with…
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Tech

Damilare FamuyiwaMay 4, 2021

Applications Open for Google for Startups Accelerator Programme

“A new report, Africa Internet Economy 2020, sponsored by Google and the International Finance Corporation, predicts that the continent’s digital…
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People & Money

Olatokunbo IshmaelApril 20, 2021

Driving capital into Africa’s essential sectors

This week, the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) holds its annual conference. Ahead of this event, here is…
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People & Money

Damilare FamuyiwaApril 15, 2021

Twitter Stays Away, ShopRite Steps Out

In the last 6 years, the only certainty which Nigeria has offered businesses is “policy is bad today and the…
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Tech

Michael AjifowokeApril 1, 2021

Pan-African Tech Firm Partners Wix to Enable Seamless Payments Across Africa

SeerBit on Tuesday announced a partnership with Wix. a leading global SaaS platform that helps to create, manage and grow…
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People & Money

Ugonnabo NgwuApril 1, 2021

Covid-19: Africa Risks Severe Debt Crisis – UN Warns

Elevated public debt is limiting the capacity to boost spending across the continent and meagre growth prospects mean less capacity…
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People & Money

Michael AjifowokeMarch 18, 2021

Fake Covid-19 Vaccines Seized in SA Just the Start for Africa

Counterfeit vaccines have been reported only in South Africa, but this form of organised crime will eventually reach other African…
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Country	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Recovered	Active Cases	Critical Cases
USA	106,091,579	1,411	1,153,593	6	103,783,158	1,154,828	2,148
India	44,704,147	-	530,831	-	44,163,883	9,433	-
France	39,758,764	6,211	165,469	-	39,473,643	119,652	869
Germany	38,330,941	-	170,331	-	38,017,200	143,410	-
Brazil	37,204,677	-	699,917	-	36,249,161	255,599	-
Japan	33,421,785	6,324	73,747	22	21,715,481	11,632,557	59
South Korea	30,759,895	-	34,217	-	30,560,080	165,598	153
Italy	25,673,442	-	188,933	-	25,345,910	138,599	105
UK	24,448,729	-	209,396	-	24,178,746	60,587	-
Russia	22,586,210	10,940	397,078	32	21,938,293	250,839	-
Turkey	17,042,722	-	101,492	-	-	16,941,230	-
Spain	13,790,580	-	120,170	-	13,638,948	31,462	231
Vietnam	11,527,210	7	43,186	-	10,614,899	869,125	1
Australia	11,301,219	-	19,760	-	11,259,555	21,904	35
Taiwan	10,239,998	4	18,985	29	10,093,163	127,850	-
Argentina	10,044,957	-	130,472	-	9,913,653	832	363
Netherlands	8,608,123	-	22,992	-	8,569,350	15,781	53
Iran	7,580,858	-	145,091	-	7,342,490	93,277	407
Mexico	7,526,949	-	333,443	-	6,762,899	430,607	-
Indonesia	6,744,033	426	160,994	-	6,578,507	4,532	-
Poland	6,488,375	303	119,245	1	5,335,940	1,033,190	696
Colombia	6,361,810	-	142,665	-	6,185,327	33,818	342
Austria	6,023,685	1,861	22,082	-	5,965,731	35,872	55
Greece	5,920,428	-	36,447	-	5,871,754	12,227	115
Portugal	5,573,509	-	26,362	-	5,541,722	5,425	61
Ukraine	5,427,360	-	111,457	-	5,287,774	28,129	-
Chile	5,252,523	2,446	64,497	15	5,180,198	7,828	72
Malaysia	5,047,040	-	36,972	-	5,000,411	9,657	5
Israel	4,810,698	-	12,372	-	4,781,252	17,074	57
N. Korea	4,772,813	-	74	-	4,772,739	-	-
Belgium	4,767,730	-	33,982	-	4,683,673	50,075	43
Thailand	4,728,482	-	33,929	-	4,692,636	1,917	-
Czechia	4,630,702	82	42,621	-	4,580,606	7,475	30
Canada	4,618,059	-	51,800	-	4,536,667	29,592	99
Peru	4,491,136	-	219,712	-	4,268,427	2,997	36
Switzerland	4,396,055	-	14,452	-	4,375,203	6,400	39
Philippines	4,080,199	227	66,322	-	4,005,256	8,621	162
South Africa	4,072,294	-	102,595	-	3,912,506	57,193	192
Romania	3,359,839	-	67,821	-	3,278,225	13,793	142
Denmark	3,177,739	114	8,358	6	3,167,680	1,701	19
Hong Kong	2,884,520	37	13,474	-	2,868,672	2,374	28
Sweden	2,701,192	-	23,823	-	2,674,144	3,225	8
Serbia	2,514,174	487	17,962	6	2,481,313	14,899	12
Iraq	2,465,545	-	25,375	-	2,439,497	673	21
Singapore	2,255,812	-	1,722	-	2,149,583	104,507	1
New Zealand	2,250,952	-	3,966	-	2,237,216	9,770	-
Hungary	2,198,461	-	48,791	-	2,144,942	4,728	13
Bangladesh	2,037,978	-	29,445	-	1,998,448	10,085	-
Slovakia	1,865,055	23	21,083	3	1,843,040	932	24
Georgia	1,831,771	-	17,004	-	1,776,548	38,219	-
Jordan	1,746,997	-	14,122	-	1,731,007	1,868	59
Ireland	1,706,176	-	8,750	-	1,694,806	2,620	11
Pakistan	1,579,113	106	30,649	1	1,538,689	9,775	22
Norway	1,480,533	-	5,213	-	1,474,293	1,027	20
Finland	1,465,256	-	9,028	-	1,453,939	2,289	21
Kazakhstan	1,409,220	-	13,847	-	1,383,020	12,353	24
Slovenia	1,338,616	97	7,098	1	1,325,637	5,881	6
Lithuania	1,312,874	40	9,627	-	1,296,777	6,470	3
Bulgaria	1,299,262	-	38,248	-	1,258,781	2,233	25
Morocco	1,272,622	-	16,296	-	1,256,151	175	3
Croatia	1,270,075	-	18,025	-	1,251,558	492	8
Guatemala	1,243,205	-	20,184	-	1,221,980	1,041	5
Lebanon	1,234,295	170	10,862	3	1,087,587	135,846	74
Costa Rica	1,219,074	-	9,291	-	860,711	349,072	52
Bolivia	1,195,455	-	22,372	-	1,163,197	9,886	220
Tunisia	1,151,593	-	29,355	-	-	1,122,238	44
Cuba	1,112,778	18	8,530	-	1,104,149	99	2
Ecuador	1,058,004	-	36,016	-	1,021,105	883	759
UAE	1,056,485	-	2,349	-	1,037,673	16,463	-
Uruguay	1,035,046	-	7,619	-	1,026,854	573	18
Panama	1,032,939	-	8,612	-	1,023,439	888	16
Mongolia	1,007,907	-	2,179	-	1,005,721	7	192
Nepal	1,001,223	16	12,020	-	989,161	42	-
Belarus	994,037	-	7,118	-	985,592	1,327	-
Latvia	976,653	-	6,270	-	969,989	394	13
Saudi Arabia	832,281	-	9,627	-	818,456	4,198	69
Azerbaijan	829,398	53	10,166	6	819,104	128	-
Paraguay	808,643	-	19,881	-	-	788,762	7
Bahrain	715,780	260	1,558	-	713,153	1,069	6
Sri Lanka	672,064	1	16,833	-	655,223	8	-
Kuwait	664,772	-	2,570	-	660,237	1,965	-
Dominican Republic	660,848	-	4,384	-	644,785	11,679	4
Cyprus	654,714	-	1,345	-	649,340	4,029	60
Myanmar	634,073	1	19,490	-	614,495	88	-
Palestine	621,008	-	5,404	-	615,445	159	17
Moldova	616,345	-	12,048	-	504,142	100,155	49
Estonia	616,099	-	2,957	-	524,990	88,152	3
Venezuela	552,332	-	5,854	-	546,195	283	31
Egypt	515,852	-	24,613	-	442,182	49,057	122
Libya	507,206	-	6,437	-	500,764	5	-
China	503,302	-	5,272	-	379,053	118,977	-
Ethiopia	500,437	1	7,573	-	487,503	5,361	1
Qatar	498,161	249	688	-	496,613	860	27
Réunion	486,588	-	921	-	418,572	67,095	10
Honduras	472,439	-	11,111	-	-	461,328	105
Armenia	447,778	-	8,733	-	435,162	3,883	-
Bosnia	401,973	-	16,296	-	379,084	6,593	-
Oman	399,449	-	4,628	-	384,669	10,152	2
Macedonia	347,327	-	9,665	-	337,068	594	-
Zambia	343,556	-	4,057	-	339,276	223	-
Kenya	342,958	-	5,688	-	337,243	27	1
Albania	334,579	-	3,600	-	329,285	1,694	-
Botswana	329,785	-	2,801	-	326,969	15	1
Luxembourg	297,757	-	1,133	-	288,991	7,633	-
Montenegro	289,719	-	2,813	-	286,176	730	6
Brunei	280,790	-	225	-	243,601	36,964	3
Algeria	271,568	-	6,881	-	182,893	81,794	-
Nigeria	266,641	-	3,155	-	259,938	3,548	11
Zimbabwe	264,456	-	5,678	-	258,484	294	12
Uzbekistan	251,660	-	1,637	-	241,486	8,537	23
Mozambique	233,214	-	2,242	-	228,805	2,167	11
Martinique	229,807	-	1,098	-	-	228,709	12
Lao People's Democratic Republic	218,033	-	758	-	-	217,275	-
Afghanistan	210,118	92	7,896	-	192,132	10,090	45
Iceland	209,191	-	229	-	-	208,962	2
Kyrgyzstan	206,740	-	2,991	-	196,406	7,343	131
Guadeloupe	202,004	-	1,010	-	-	200,994	19
El Salvador	201,785	-	4,230	-	179,410	18,145	8
Trinidad and Tobago	190,735	-	4,368	-	186,234	133	8
Maldives	185,755	-	311	-	163,687	21,757	25
Ghana	171,412	-	1,462	-	169,896	54	2
Namibia	171,222	-	4,090	-	167,099	33	-
Uganda	170,570	-	3,630	-	100,431	66,509	3
Jamaica	154,538	-	3,528	-	102,572	48,438	-
Cambodia	138,723	-	3,056	-	135,665	2	-
Rwanda	133,194	-	1,468	-	131,647	79	-
Cameroon	124,741	-	1,968	-	122,640	133	13
Malta	117,898	-	831	-	116,379	688	4
Barbados	106,798	-	579	-	106,211	8	-
Angola	105,298	-	1,933	-	103,342	23	-
Channel Islands	101,626	-	228	-	101,233	165	-
French Guiana	98,041	-	420	-	11,254	86,367	6
DRC	95,862	-	1,464	-	84,395	10,003	-
Senegal	88,951	-	1,971	-	86,967	13	-
Malawi	88,711	-	2,686	-	85,619	406	67
Côte d'Ivoire	88,297	-	834	-	87,452	11	-
Suriname	82,467	-	1,404	-	-	81,063	-
New Caledonia	79,896	-	314	-	79,567	15	9
French Polynesia	78,101	-	649	-	-	77,452	7
Swaziland	74,323	-	1,425	-	72,824	74	-
Guyana	73,114	-	1,298	-	71,796	20	-
Belize	70,782	-	688	-	70,085	9	6
Fiji	68,911	-	883	-	67,014	1,014	-
Madagascar	67,971	-	1,424	-	66,520	27	-
Sudan	63,899	-	5,026	-	58,569	304	-
Mauritania	63,668	-	997	-	62,441	230	-
Cabo Verde	63,252	-	413	-	62,781	58	23
Bhutan	62,647	-	21	-	61,564	1,062	-
Syrian Arab Republic	57,489	-	3,164	-	54,325	-	-
Burundi	53,661	-	38	-	53,569	54	-
Seychelles	50,937	-	172	-	50,750	15	-
Gabon	48,981	-	306	-	48,674	1	-
Andorra	47,908	-	165	-	47,563	180	14
Papua New Guinea	46,826	-	670	-	43,982	2,174	7
Curaçao	45,986	-	295	-	44,720	971	3
Aruba	44,082	-	236	-	42,438	1,408	2
Tanzania	42,942	-	846	-	-	42,096	7
Mayotte	42,004	-	188	-	-	41,816	-
Mauritius	41,821	-	1,043	-	40,106	672	-
Togo	39,439	-	290	-	39,121	28	-
Guinea	38,280	-	467	-	37,757	56	8
Isle of Man	38,008	-	116	-	-	37,892	-
Bahamas	37,491	-	833	-	36,366	292	1
Lesotho	34,790	-	723	-	25,980	8,087	-
Faroe Islands	34,658	-	28	-	-	34,630	5
Haiti	34,202	-	860	-	33,052	290	-
Mali	33,102	1	743	-	32,275	84	-
Cayman Islands	31,472	-	37	-	8,553	22,882	1
Saint Lucia	30,028	-	409	-	29,095	524	-
Benin	27,999	-	163	-	27,830	6	-
Somalia	27,334	-	1,361	-	13,182	12,791	-
Congo	25,375	-	386	-	24,006	983	-
Solomon Islands	24,575	-	153	-	-	24,422	1
Micronesia	24,195	-	63	-	-	24,132	1
San Marino	23,747	-	123	-	23,574	50	4
Timor-Leste	23,422	-	138	-	23,102	182	-
Burkina Faso	22,056	-	396	-	21,596	64	-
Liechtenstein	21,437	-	91	-	21,343	3	-
Gibraltar	20,462	-	111	-	16,579	3,772	-
Grenada	19,680	-	238	-	19,358	84	4
Bermuda	18,849	-	163	-	18,673	13	-
Nicaragua	18,491	-	225	-	4,225	14,041	-
South Sudan	18,368	-	138	-	18,115	115	1
Tajikistan	17,786	-	125	-	17,264	397	-
Equatorial Guinea	17,229	-	183	-	16,907	139	5
Tonga	16,813	-	13	-	15,638	1,162	-
Samoa	16,673	-	31	-	1,605	15,037	-
Monaco	16,135	-	67	-	15,992	76	4
Dominica	15,760	-	74	-	15,673	13	-
Marshall Islands	15,723	-	17	-	15,621	85	-
Djibouti	15,690	-	189	-	15,427	74	-
Central African Republic	15,368	-	113	-	15,200	55	2
Gambia	12,598	-	372	-	12,189	37	-
Saint Martin	12,276	-	63	-	1,399	10,814	7
Vanuatu	12,014	-	14	-	11,976	24	-
Greenland	11,971	-	21	-	2,761	9,189	4
Yemen	11,945	-	2,159	-	9,124	662	23
Caribbean Netherlands	11,682	-	38	-	10,476	1,168	-
Sint Maarten	11,023	-	91	-	10,905	27	-
Eritrea	10,189	-	103	-	10,086	-	-
Niger	9,931	-	312	-	8,890	729	1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9,593	-	124	-	9,466	3	-
Guinea-Bissau	9,134	-	176	-	8,720	238	6
Antigua and Barbuda	9,106	-	146	-	8,954	6	1
Comoros	9,067	-	161	-	8,885	21	-
Liberia	8,090	-	295	-	7,783	12	2
Sierra Leone	7,762	-	126	-	-	7,636	-
Chad	7,685	-	194	-	4,874	2,617	-
British Virgin Islands	7,305	-	64	-	-	7,241	-
Cook Islands	7,033	-	2	-	7,030	1	-
Saint Kitts and Nevis	6,597	-	48	-	6,549	-	-
Turks and Caicos Islands	6,565	-	38	-	6,509	18	4
Sao Tome and Principe	6,349	-	77	-	6,219	53	-
Palau	5,997	-	9	-	5,985	3	-
St. Barth	5,459	-	6	-	-	5,453	-
Nauru	5,393	-	1	-	5,347	45	-
Kiribati	5,014	-	18	-	2,703	2,293	3
Anguilla	3,904	-	12	-	3,879	13	4
Macao	3,515	-	121	-	3,392	2	-
Saint Pierre Miquelon	3,452	-	2	-	2,449	1,001	1
Wallis and Futuna	3,427	-	7	-	438	2,982	-
Tuvalu	2,805	-	-	-	-	2,805	-
Saint Helena	2,166	-	-	-	2	2,164	-
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1,930	-	-	-	1,930	-	-
Montserrat	1,403	-	8	-	1,376	19	-
Niue	796	-	-	-	794	2	-
Diamond Princess	712	-	13	-	699	-	-
Holy See (Vatican City State)	29	-	-	-	29	-	-
Western Sahara	10	-	1	-	9	-	-
MS Zaandam	9	-	2	-	7	-	-
Tokelau	5	-	-	-	-	5	-
Country	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Recovered	Active Cases	Critical Cases