MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Fintech Kacha Gets Regulator Approval to Roll Out Mobile Money App in Ethiopia

Kacha Digital Finance Services, an Ethiopian financial technology (fintech) company, recently received approval from the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) to offer services such as remittances, bill payments, airtime purchases and accepting merchant payments through its eponymous mobile app. The firm, which

MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: National Bank of Ethiopia Permitting MFIs to Transform into Banks, Banks to Borrow from Foreign Financial Institutions

The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), the country’s central bank, recently announced it has passed directives allowing the following: (1) microfinance institutions to transform into banks; and