Bangladesh’s central bank has approved a one-year pilot programme by PalmPay to finance the purchase of 10,000 smartphones, marking the first time the regulator has granted such authorisation and signalling a policy push to widen digital and financial inclusion in the country.
Bangladesh Bank s
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Royal Ibeh
Royal Ibeh is a senior journalist with years of experience reporting on Nigeria’s technology and health sectors. She currently covers the Technology and Health beats for BusinessDay newspaper, where she writes in-depth stories on digital innovation, telecom infrastructure, healthcare systems, and public health policies.
